Germans who want to learn Yiddish now have an additional resource: Leo Rosten’s “The Joys of Yiddish” is hitting bookstores in Germany, 35 years after it first appeared in English. BERLIN, Oct. 29 ...

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The German language uses about 120 terms that are originally Yiddish. An expert explains why the words often have a negative connotation. "It's a compliment to a language when you borrow a word ...

(JTA) — Andrea Pancur, a Munich-based singer, teacher and activist who helped bridge the worlds of German and Yiddish song culture — and who served as role model for women in the world of klezmer ...

New chair Oliver Simons outlines his plans and discusses why the study of languages and literature is key today.

The festival "Yiddish Summer" in Weimar in 2011. There are over 1,000 German words, originally from Yiddish, which are actively used today. We look at the 10 of the most frequently used ones.

A push to revitalise Yiddish and its cultural traditions has gained momentum in Germany, the very place where the Nazi regime ...

The German Academy (Akademie zur wissenschaftlischen Erforschung und zur Pflege des Deutschtums) has published the draft programme of a projected Yiddish Section of its Near-Languages Institute. The ...

The festival "Yiddish Summer" in Weimar in 2011. There are over 1,000 German words, originally from Yiddish, which are actively used today. We look at the 10 of the most frequently used ones.