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Yiddish is alive and well.*
Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union revives the in-danger-of-dying language in a most creative way: the author imagines an alternate history, where Jews fleeing Hitler’s Europe are granted refuge in the Alaskan wasteland. The local language is Yiddish, and Chabon has “updated” the language for the 21st century.
In an interview with [...]
Rocky Mountain Jew presents its weekly round of Jewish-related stories from around the globe. In Russia, the chief rabbi Berel Lazar discusses Putin, the World Economic Forum and the Russia-Israel relationship. PBS follows-up its recent Oliver Twist adaptation with some self-exploration of its portrayal of the repugnant - and Jewish - character Fagin. And in [...]
Starting today, we’re introducing a new feature on Rocky Mountain Jew - a weekly “round-up” of Jewish-related articles we’ve across over the past week. We’ll try and stay away from straight up news stories, and instead provide links to analysis on current events and features on Jewish-oriented topics.
If there’s an article, video or blog entry [...]
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