On Nov. 2, the 13th edition of the “What’s not to Like?” concert took place at Beth El Synagogue, just a short walk from East Campus. The event, centered around the theme of “Resistance and Freedom,” ...

A vibrant new chapter in Yiddish cultural life is beginning with the launch of a newly formed branch of the Cote Saint Luc Dramatic Society - Folkshpiel Teyater, an up and coming Yiddish theatre ...

People have been responding to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in many ways - some by donating money to humanitarian projects, others by protesting. Earlier this month, a fundraising album of songs ...

People who want to learn more about Yiddish culture can now sign up for several online courses at YIVO. The classes will be taught in English. In the course “Seasons in Yiddish Song,” the Yiddish ...

A new CD was released this year of delightful Yiddish children’s songs, composed by the Vilna-born musician David Botwinik who died in 2022 at the age of 101. The album, Zumer iz shoyn vider do, which ...

Yiddish is the language of the Jews of Eastern Europe and all the places to which they spread. It is the language of socialists and capitalists, the Partisans who fought the Nazis and most of the ...

People are responding to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in many ways. Earlier this month, a fundraising album of songs for Gaza was released in Yiddish, a language nearly eradicated through genocide.