‘Write A Better World Into Being’: How Yiddish Authors Made A New World For Children

An intrepid puppy who marches for labor rights. A 6-year-old girl who sews herself a locomotive to carry her away from her daily chores. A Jewish boy who would be pope. These stories — written in Yiddish — are all entertaining and whimsical, and like so much writing for young people, may be seen as less than serious.

Books, Culture, Jewish, JudaismPJ GrisarOctober 31, 2025PJ Grisar, books, Jews, Judaism, Yiddish, Yiddish cultureComment

Yiddish music is resurging in the Weimar square Hitler frequented

A small Yiddish music workshop in the 1990s became a wild success. So composer Alan Bern founded what is now known as Yiddish Summer Weimar, a five-week summer institute and festival for the study, creation and performance of Yiddish culture and music in the heart of Germany.

Europe, NewsKen ChitwoodJuly 16, 2021Ken Chitwood, Primary Feature, Yiddish music, Yiddish language, Yiddish, Yiddish culture, Germany, Jewish, Jewish folk music, Ashkenazi Jews, Weimar, Yiddish Summer Weimar, klezmer, Zenger, Recharge Comments

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