This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. It’s not every day that Yiddish dialectology becomes the subject of intense debate on Facebook and Twitter. But that’s just what happened ...
My father Hershl (Harry in English, Heshek in Polish) was a Holocaust survivor of many camps and ghettos, as was my mother. Each made their way to America separately. My father, by way of Germany; my ...
For about six months in 2018, I spent every Thursday night alone in Siberia. It wasn’t nearly as cold or desolate as its namesake, especially after the longtime New Orleans dive bar underwent a ...