If Harvard professes to prioritize academics, negotiations should be guided by one principle: preserve the breadth and quality of its academic offerings, not milk the faculty dry.

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On my mother’s side, they all spoke fluent Yiddish. Most of these conversations took place while eating moisture-free yellow pound cake and washing it down with warmed-up day-old Maxwell House Coffee.

(RNS) — A few days ago, I found myself watching old clips from “Saturday Night Live.” One of my favorites is Mike Myers as Linda Richman, which is apparently a loving tribute to his mother-in-law, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Magnificent. The concert version of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s ...

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.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Ikh bin geboyrn gevorn Passaic, New Jersey. “I was born in Passaic, New Jersey.” Those were the first words Dr. Hank Levine learned in Yiddish in an in-person group way back in 1975. One can forgive ...

Update on July 12, 2025: This story has been updated from its original version to reflect new developments in the saga of Yiddish at Brandeis. During a lull in the middle of a summertime shift at ...

Nadia Valman received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council for research included in this article. Vivi Lachs received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council for ...

The founding of a research institute 100 years ago has helped to provide insight on Yiddish culture in the United States and around the world In 1947 New Jersey, leaders of the New York-based YIVO ...

Yiddish, the historic language of Jews in Europe and Russia, was once nearly extinguished. But now Jews drawn to the language for different reasons are keeping Yiddish alive. Before World War II, some ...