Does newspaper have a sound? Is it the rustling of paper? The pop-up ads of the digital world? The short films on the New York Times website? Or might it also be articles and editorials read aloud to ...

In an Australian community working to preserve its identity, a journalist found subjects with plenty of questions for her. By Natasha Frost The ground rules were simple: I would report an article on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reconnecting with his Jewish heritage was part of the creative process for Seth Rogen on his new comedy, “An American Pickle.” For ...

The cafe’s founders envision it as a hub for Yiddish education, LGBTQ life and activism — in addition to a trendsetting Ashkenazi eatery. (JTA) — Govanhill, on the Southside ward of Glasgow, is ...

The linguist’s celebration of the polyglot city inspires a series of shows at Manhattan’s Little Island. Years before “The Power Broker” started appearing on the shelves of every journalist giving a ...

NEW YORK — Yiddish was the language spoken by Tevye the milk peddler and the other shtetl characters depicted in the stories that inspired “Fiddler on the Roof,” yet in this country the landmark ...

If Yiddish has a future on college campuses, it may literally go unspoken. In Yiddish studies programs across the country, a new generation of scholars are learning Yiddish as a language of ...

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.

This past Thursday, Nov. 10, marked the anniversary of the day that the iconic children’s TV program “Sesame Street” premiered in 1969. In this surprising clip from a 1974 episode, we see the owner of ...

For their next collaboration, the “No Country for Old Men” team of Joel and Ethan Coen and producer Scott Rudin will transfer another Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s work into a film. Columbia ...