פֿאָרווערטס/Forverts/Yiddish Forward

14/08/2025

די זכרונות פֿון דער גרויסער אַקטריסע אסתּר־רחל קאַמינסקאַ איז איצט אַרויס אויף ענגליש. אינעם בוך, איבערגעזעצט פֿון מיכל יאַשינסקי, באַשרײַבט זי אַ תּקופֿה ווען די צאַרישע רעגירונג האָט פֿאַרווערט שפּילן טעאַטער אויף ייִדיש.

In the book, translated by Mikhl Yashinsky, she describes an era when the Czarist government forbade Yiddish on the stage.

װען די באַרימטע אַקטריסע אסתּר־רחל קאַמינסקאַ (1870 — 1925) האָט זיך אונטערגענומען שרײַבן אירע זכרונות, האָט זי שױן געהאַלטן נאָענט צום סוף פֿון איר לעבן. זי האָט ניט דע....

14/08/2025

צום ערשטן מאָל זעט מען אין דער שטאָט פּעטערבורג אַ ממשותדיקע קונסט־אויסשטעלונג אָנגעזאַפּט מיט דער קולטור פֿון מיזרח־אייראָפּעיִשע ייִדן.

This is the first time that the Russian city of St. Petersburg has a significant art exhibit infused with the culture of Eastern European Jewry.

אין דער פּעטערבורגער גאַלעריע KGallery ווערט איצט דורכגעפֿירט אַ גרויסע קונסט־אויסשטעלונג, „אַ שטעטל אויף דער פֿאָנטאַנקע, פֿון שאַגאַל ביז הײַנט‟, געווידמעט די מאָל....

14/08/2025

Yiddish Word of the Day: In the Country
Learn how to say what you'd see on a hike in the woods.

13/08/2025

The young Bundist, Meyer Zucker, was one of more than 2,000 Jews saved by diplomat Chiune Sugihara exactly 85 years ago. His daughter, Yiddish literature scholar Sheva Zucker, describes the deep impression that Japan made on him during his eight months there.

Exactly 85 years ago — in August, 1940, a year after the beginning of World War II — 30-year-old Meyer Zucker received a visa from the Japanese consulate in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. It allowed him to leave Europe and spend eight months in Japan, away from the murderous onslaught of N***sm, alm...

13/08/2025

Yiddish Word of the Day: Beauty
Learn three proverbs that poke fun at the idealization of good-looking people.

12/08/2025

דזשייק שנײַדערס ליד כאַפּט אויף די קאַלטע אַנאָנימקייט פֿון דעם זיכערהייט־מיטל וואָס איז אונדז אַלעמען באַקאַנט.

Jake Schneider's Yiddish poem captures the cold anonymity of the security tool we know all too well.

זענט איר איצטער, אָדער זענט איר אַ מאָל געװען, אַ ראָבאָט־רעװאָלוציאָנער? קלײַבט אױס אַלע קװאַדראַטן אין װעלכע עס געפֿינט זיך סינטעטישע פּראָפּאַגאַנדע. סקאַנירט ד....

12/08/2025

Yiddish Word of the Day: Joking
Learn how to say a clever joke, a dirty joke and a really old joke.

Learn how to say a clever joke, a dirty joke and a really old joke.

11/08/2025

"The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City" by Henry Sapoznik, is out. To give you a taste of the book, here's an essay adapted from one of its chapters about the poet Shloime “Solomon” Smulewitz, who arrived in America in the 1890’s and ended up writing more than 500 songs.

Arriving in America in the 1890's, songwriter Shloime “Solomon” Smulewitz became the epitome of the 'Wandering Jew.'

11/08/2025

Yiddish Word of the Day: Liking and Loving
The verb for liking a dish you just tasted is different from liking a whole category of foods.

04/08/2025

While the Forverts is on vacation, you can check out the links to our English and Yiddish articles, Yiddish Wordle, Yiddish lessons and cooking shows.

From Monday, August 4, till Friday, August 8, the Forverts will be on vacation. During this time, you can continue to read our English-language articles here; our Yiddish articles here and our Tidbits column of easy-to-read Yiddish news briefs accompanied by audio here. You can also play Vertl (Yidd...

01/08/2025

In this new English translation by Miriam Udel, a Jewish child in the ghetto hides from the N***s but, as we find out, it's not just to save himself. For Yiddish educators, creating child heroes was an emotionally safe way to relate Holocaust history to their students.

For Yiddish educators, creating child heroes was an emotionally safe way to relate Holocaust history to their students