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Hebrew or Baseball

Sherrie Poplack, an employee of the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, recalls when she switched from Hebrew day school to public school, and the reasons behind the decline in her Hebrew education.

Vos hot lib a yidele Worksheet

This month's Heymarbet song, “Vos hot lib a yidele” by Bronx-based poet and songwriter Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman will inspire you to get ready for the Yiddish Book Center's upcoming not-to-be-missed Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music.

Highlights: recently scanned books

Among the highlights recently scanned for the Digital Yiddish Library are a 1920s pamphlet, translated from the French, on some generally hushed-up human sexual behaviors; a yearbook of the Colegio Israelita de México; and a memorial volume for artists murdered in the Holocaust.

A Bintel Brief

A Bintel Brief, an exhibit of illustrations by Liana Finck based on letters to the Forverts newspaper's advice column, opened at the Yiddish Book Center on Sunday, April 7th.

Help us interview the children of some of history's greatest Yiddish writers

The stories we’ve already uncovered are just the tip of the iceberg, but the hour is very late, those with stories to tell are very old, and there is truly not a moment to lose.

"I'm Going to Tell You A Really Good Story About That!": The Role of Yiddish in My Higher Education

Sara Kruzansky, teacher of Jewish history, remembers how she used Yiddish to pass her language requirement for a graduate degree.