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Yiddish

Personal History

Of Yiddish, Litvaks, and the Evil Eye

A smattering of Yiddish happens to be all the Yiddish I have.

By Calvin Trillin

November 29, 2024

Culture Desk

The Devastating Resonances of Yiddish Songs Recovered from the Second World War

By Amanda Petrusich

July 27, 2018

Sarah Larson

Congratulations: You’re a Tenement Inspector

By Sarah Larson

August 18, 2014

Shouts & Murmurs

Who Wrote Shakespeare?

By Eric Idle

November 13, 2011

Fiction

Deniers

By Sam Lipsyte

April 25, 2011

Page-Turner

In the News: Clifford Sings, Bookworm Badge

By Eileen Reynolds

December 8, 2010

Page-Turner

In the News: The Last Yiddish Bookstore, Eight Minus Kate

By Eileen Reynolds

August 25, 2010

The Mail

Beyond Type

August 2, 2010

Poems

A Night Out

By Bob Hicok

May 24, 2010

Page-Turner

The Exchange: Peter Manseau

By Sarah Larson

February 16, 2009

Shouts & Murmurs

WHAT'S THE GOOD WORD?

By Calvin Trillin

May 7, 1995

The Talk of the Town

Librettist

By Lisa Miller

March 11, 1990

The Talk of the Town

Typical

By Mark Singer

June 7, 1987