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When Oleg Rostovtsev hovered between life and death after a serious operation last April, he asked friends and family to do ...

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“The goal was an intergenerational festival with younger people, most of whom don’t speak the language, joining older folks who may have grown up in Yiddish homes,” explains Shira Newm ...

After visiting Italy for the first time with her father in 1975, Rabbi Barbara Aiello, from the United States, remembers ...

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The Yiddish Book Center’s permanent exhibition offers much to kvell about, including a wide-ranging collection of volumes and tributes to Yiddish theater, music and history. Edward Rothstein ...