Jewish Languages

Sholem Asch

A writer who bridged both Old World and New, but fit into neither.

A once thriving American industry.

On being a mensch — an upstanding member of society — and leading an ethical life.

Produced in Poland and America, Yiddish film captured the diversity and richness of the Yiddish-speaking world.

What are the secrets of its survival?

The language of the Talmud, Jesus and today's Jewish Kurds.

Jewish mystics found Divinity in the Hebrew letters.

The Hebrew language was re-embraced by proponents of the Jewish enlightenment, then fully reborn in Palestine.

The Yiddish word that means audacity.

Some basic Hebrew words for a beginner.

From cabal to camel, a list of English words that derive from Hebrew.

An emotional Jewish catchphrase explained.