Yiddish at Unpacked

The decades-long journey behind my Yiddish album ‘Klezmerette’

Actor and singer Daniella Rabbani traces how Shabbat, Hollywood and Yiddish theater shaped her new album and documentary, “Klezmerette.”

Why is Yiddish the best failed language in history?

The first Jewish woman to publish a book

How Shane Baker is reviving Yiddish theater for a new generation

With “Night Stories,” Shane Baker adapts Avrom Sutzkever’s writing for the stage, showing how Yiddish continues to evolve as living art.

Four ways to honor and bring awareness to Jewish languages and ethnolects

From Yiddish to Judeo-Persian, here’s how Jewish languages shaped global culture — and how to keep them alive today.

New Yiddish movie ‘Shttl’ is a cinematic triumph that rebuilds a lost Jewish world: review

Shot in one take, in Yiddish, and under threat of invasion, “Shttl” rebuilds a lost Jewish village with haunting authenticity.

YidLife Crisis’ new documentary ‘Swedishkayt’ explores an unlikely home for a Yiddish revival: Sweden

In the land of ABBA and IKEA, Yiddish is thriving again. “Swedishkayt” follows YidLife Crisis as they explore Sweden’s small but vibrant Jewish community.

Is it Yiddish? These popular Yiddish-sounding words actually aren’t

Unpacking the true origins of words that sound Yiddish (and the Yiddish word you may be thinking of)

Not your grandma’s klezmer: Kaia Berman-Peters is giving old-world klezmer music a new spin with kleztronica

Unpacked spoke with Berman-Peters about kleztronica, the resurgence of Yiddish culture, and the community she hopes to create with her music.

Why is Yiddish making a comeback?

After near-fatal blows from the Holocaust and mass assimilation, some Ashkenazi Jews are looking to reclaim the language.

5 Jewish languages you didn’t know existed

18 essential Yiddish words and sayings

Duolingo will be introducing Yiddish as its 40th language. Whether you decide to pick up the course or not, we’re bringing you 18 essential Yiddish words and phrases everyone should know.

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