Grody was initially spelled groaty, in the mid-1960s, and it’s basically used to describe something that’s slovenly, dirty, ...

If the book has a deeper message, it is that Jews have always negotiated Christmas, just in different registers. Sometimes ...

Great for Hanukkah, 'The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City' by Henry H. Sapoznik is not your usual guidebook. In fact, many of the sites listed in it haven't existed for decades ...

When I reviewed it on Broadway, several year ago, my capsule judgment stated: SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS THE BROADWAY MUSICAL is a ...

A new CD was released this year of delightful Yiddish children’s songs, composed by the Vilna-born musician David Botwinik ...

I love words! If I were King Midas, I would turn all the world’s words to gold. If I were a miser, I would horde every word ...

Ontology seems to be among Palantir CEO Alex Karp's most-used words. The philosophical term comes up on conference calls and in SEC filings, and is the name of one of Palantir's key technologies. Here ...

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) denounced Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) using some choice words from the Yiddish language on "Hannity." Petition Forcing Epstein Vote Succeeds Over White House Objections Jackie ...

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) denounced Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) using some choice words from the Yiddish language on "Hannity." REP. MIKE LAWLER (R-NY): Well, you know, Sean, it didn't take long for the ...

Yirmiyahu Danzig (aka @that_semite on Instagram and @Unpacked on YouTube), an Israeli Jewish rights and anti-racism activist of Caribbean and Ashkenazi descent, usually explores questions of identity ...

In the hallways of New York’s YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the story was told as a punchline: the great Yiddish dictionary project that took 25 years and never got beyond the first letter of ...