Yiddish

October 10, 2023, 6:53 am

When she was almost 70, Ruth Wilson decided to live alone for the first time in her life, retreating to a country cottage in the NSW Southern Highlands. During her time, she re-read all of Jane Austen's novels. Jessica Abelsohn spoke to the author about how revisiting Jane Austen's books led to her memoir, The Jane Austen Remedy.

By Jessica Abelsohn

October 6, 2023, 5:41 am

Author learned Yiddish to present stories

When asked how prevalent Yiddish is within the community at the moment, Hodge told The AJN, “At one time people knew this language was dying out, but this is not true anymore..."

By Carol Saffer

Poster for a 1939 Yiddish play in Melbourne.

September 10, 2023, 7:19 am

Youngsters interested in Yiddish

Weiser said during their visit to Australia, he and Halpern found a great interest in Yiddish among young people.

By Bruce Hill

September 4, 2023, 12:20 pm

What’s behind the doll’s eyes?

What happens when a young woman escaping Germany crosses paths with a Yiddish poet fleeing persecution? A love story. But Doll's Eye is so much more than that; it's a commentary on what's really behind what we see in front of our very own eyes. The AJN spoke to author Leah Kaminsky about her latest novel.

By Jessica Abelsohn

June 22, 2023, 12:35 pm

Sensations Lemmer, Saal to perform

The concert will be Lemmer's second visit to Australia, performing for the first time to a Melbourne audience at a one-night-only event in November last year.

By AJN STAFF

Chana Grauman is retiring from teaching Hebrew.

June 8, 2023, 12:24 pm

‘Consistency, dedication and care’

She has taught multiple generations of children Hebrew; some of Grauman's students are the children of students she taught in South Africa and Australia.

By RACHEL TREISMAN

June 6, 2023, 6:18 am

Taking home the theatre gongs

Kadimah Yiddish Theatre has won an incredible four Green Room Awards for its 2022 production of Yentl.

By AJN STAFF

Evelyn Krape performing Balaganeyden – a Polish Yiddish cabaret at the Kadimah Hall. Photo: Peter Haskin

March 9, 2023, 11:38 am

Welcome into the tent

The show is intended to share the experience of a woman's world in all its sensuality, joy, pain, beauty and ugliness.

By Mia Gardiner

Danielle Charak passed away at the age of 84. Photo: Charak family

March 2, 2023, 10:38 am

Yiddish scholar ‘loved her life’

Melbourne's 'Yiddish treasure' Danielle Charak passed away after a long battle with cancer.

By Carly Adno

YID! performing to a packed house at Kadimah in Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin

February 2, 2023, 9:26 am

Young yearn for Yiddish

Young Jews across the Diaspora are getting back into Yiddish culture and language in a big way. The AJN spoke to the people helping to grow the Yiddish community about why that is and why it is important.

By Mia Gardiner

The Yiddish version of Waiting for Godot at the Royal Dramatic Theatre.Photo: Magnus Swärd/Judisk kultur i Sverige

December 1, 2021, 12:00 pm

Yiddish revival takes centre stage in Sweden

By JTA

Masthead of the Yiddisher Nayes that ceased publication in 1995 after 60 years of service to Australian Jewry.

October 26, 2021, 1:30 pm

It’s not just Yiddish: dialects in decline

"With roughly 1.5 million speakers worldwide, it is the only language offered by the program that is not endangered or extinct. In fact, Yiddish is growing in its number of speakers."

By Michelle Krasovitski

September 10, 2021, 4:36 pm

‘We are still kvelling after last year’s Yiddish Poetica’

Dunera will partner with Poetica and Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre for "Yiddish Poetica Part 2", this Sunday night, September 12.

By AJN STAFF

October 13, 2017, 10:48 am

Life in Brooklyn’s Chassidic community

A chance meeting led to filmmaker Joshua Weinstein making Menashe, the first full-length Yiddish feature film in decades that is set in Brooklyn’s Chassidic community.

A scene from the Yiddish film Menashe starring Menashe Lustig.

September 27, 2017, 12:04 pm

Festival of acclaimed films

This year's Jewish International Film Festival features acclaimed movies and documentaries from around the world, plus several Australian premieres. Arts Editor Danny Gocs reports.