On this Christmas Eve, I figured it would be alright if I brought back a Yiddish youth who grappled with the Jewish relationship with Christianity:
Jewish youth in the diaspora have always been polylingual. Many speak German, others Spanish, Yiddish, French, Gruzinic. Some, believe it or not, have also taken
There’s been a lot of war in the Caucasus lately, that wedge of southern Russia that speaks in over 28 languages spread over an ethnic
I was breezing through a record store on Shammai a few days ago, packing a few shekels for something interesting. Then Jah Mason appeared through
Last semester, I spent some time traveling through Serbia with OGI (The Committee For Civic Initiative) learning about the way that community leaders are instilling
I met Kevin Coval when I was involved with Brave New Voices in the old USA. A talented (and Jewish) performance poet and youth arts
Yad Arts, a Judaically inspired artists collective from Britain, is doing something positive for the Jewish community in Europe: It’s bringing Jewish artists into non-Jewish