Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center and a pioneer in Holocaust studies, to close

The closure, which follows semester after years of financial troubles, won’t affect the Yiddish Book Center, which operates ...
Yahoo

Amid rising antisemitism, the vivid language of Yiddish makes a comeback

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman reads in Yiddish during the Yiddish conversation club at the Weisman Community Center in Delray Beach, Fla. (Carline ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

On stage and in the classroom, Mikhl Yashinsky is stoking the flame of the Yiddish revival

(New York Jewish Week) — In the Yiddish classes Mikhl Yashinsky teaches for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the Workers Circle, he begins by asking students to explain why they decided to ...
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Hampshire College closure reverberates for alumni who treasured a Yiddishist hub

Hampshire College, once a hub for Yiddish scholarship thanks to its proximity to the Yiddish Book Center, will close by the ...
The Forward

‘If Yiddish isn’t safe at Brandeis, where is it safe?’

Update on July 12, 2025: This story has been updated from its original version to reflect new developments in the saga of Yiddish at Brandeis. During a lull in the middle of a summertime shift at ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Yiddish Program Expands into Another Semester, Offering Language Study and Cultural Reconnection

Cornell’s first-ever cohort of Yiddish language learners have entered another semester of mastering alphabets and reading poetry written in the medieval Jewish tongue. The Jewish Studies Program ...