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The expanding Yiddish bookshelf
Wisconsin State Journal· 4 days agoIt’s an exciting time to be a professor of Yiddish literature. Yiddish is the historic language of central and east European Jewry and its diasporic...
Mother-daughter duo preserves — and exhibits — endangered Jewish films
WBUR Boston· 5 days agoThe National Center for Jewish Film in Waltham can be tricky to find. “It may look like a lot,” says...
Troye Sivan Smells Like Money—and He Knows It
InStyle via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThus, the brand was born, taking inspiration from their shared Jewish Australian youth and nostalgia for the Yiddish language that brings them closer....
What's in a name? We asked grandmas
Axios· 5 days agoThe big picture: While "Grandma" still reigns supreme in many families, other names are becoming more mainstream, according to a BabyCenter poll...
What I Wish I Knew Then: Robbie Kaplan | New York Law Journal
Law.com· 1 day agoRoberta “Robbie” Kaplan is a founding partner of Kaplan Hecker & Fink, which she started after 25...
Flip Your Lid Over This Swingin’ Sampling of Slang From America’s Greatest Jazzmen
Billboard via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe secret language allowed performers to talk about their audience without it overhearing, the way...
‘Cloudland Revisited’ Review: S.J. Perelman’s Time Machine
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoToday, Perelman’s high style might have a smaller audience than it did during his mid-20th-century...
Former Brunswick man learns languages from around the world
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 11 hours agoFormer Brunswick resident John Wolff’s lifelong passion for language has led him to study nearly 20...
Hamas hostage’s mom shares emotional Mother’s Day message: ‘You are my baby’
New York Post· 2 days agoAfter her husband, Jon, went to look at their son, he returned to Rachel and declared, “There will...
Riots, arson, and executions: Immigrants have long faced a hostile reception in Mass. - The Boston...
The Boston Globe· 6 days ago“Even the Puritans were very distrustful of outsiders,” said William C. Leonard, a professor of...