Svetlana Pakhomova "Dybuk"[i] is one of the most entrancing subject of the Jewish literature of the 20th century. Semion Akimych An-sky...

Kaunas is the second city in Lithuania holding the European Capital of Culture title after Vilnius in 2009. Its slogan – ‘From temporary...

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Mordehay Yushkovsky April 24, 2022 was exactly one month (shloyshim) since the death of Lazar Lubarsky. Some have even called him...

Mordehay Yushkovsky The Yiddish poet Mendl Lifshitz wrote: And a multitude of papers soulfully The uncomplicated plot is kept inside: If...

Watch video about Rabbi Nachman on FaceBook This April marks the 250th anniversary of one of the most important religious authorities in...

According to historical data, Jewish communities on the area of the present-day Ukraine began to form in the 15th century. However, signs...

Avishai Lubitch Habima theatre ensemble arrived in a tour in 1926 to Lida. Yehuda Grinhoyz, one of the actors, recounted the following...

Mordehay Yushkovsky April 5, 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Jewish writer and playwright David Pinsky. Pinsky was...

Mordehay Yushkovsky Moses (Moishe) Lemster is one of the most prominent modern writers in Yiddish. He is a bright representative of...

Boris Sandler Journalist and prose writer E. Kantsedik was born in the town of Augustów, not far from the city of Bialystok, into the...

We deeply feel the tragedy that is unfolding before our eyes, we stay with those who are in the war zone, and we pray that all our...

The real name of this poet, playwright and prose writer was Leyzer Mekler. He was born in Vilna into a house painter’s family. He began...

The poet, essayist, prose writer and journalist David Wolpe could serve as a model for an almost extinct Jewish tribe, the so-called...

In Yiddish literary circles Hirsh Osherovich was nicknamed “iceberg”, because “only the tiny visible part is known about him." The poet...

The prose writer Meyer Yelin (in Lithuanian: Meiras Jelinas) was born into a teacher's family in the Lithuanian town of Srednik (in...

For International Holocaust Remembrance Day Soon after the liberation of his hometown, the future poet, publicist, partisan and active...

The prose writer Ber Halpern was born into a teacher's family and spent his childhood in a small shtetl Darsūniškis (in Yiddish named...

We are happy to share with our friends and Yiddish lovers the letter of thanks we received from the head of the "Nativ" service at the...

Journalist, essayist and translator Aaron Garon was born into a secular Jewish family in Vilna. His father, Avrom Itskhok Garon, was a...