Mar 5, 20211 minThe purim-shpilis a skit or monologue that is performed, usually in the vernacular, in a domestic setting at the festive Purim family meal. It has...
Feb 23, 20211 minCantor Abraham Brun - Songs of the GhettoMusic plays an important part in Holocaust memory and commemoration. The album, featuring Cantor Abraham Brun, was released in 1965 by...
Feb 23, 20212 minWhat to read. Our recommendation.The Yiddish novel "Der bal-teshuve" ("The Penitent," in English) by Yitzhak Bashevis-Singer was written in 1974. It is a monologue by a...
Feb 23, 20211 minSave Jewish archivesDuring the Holocaust, a group of writers and scholars in the Vilna ghetto were tasked by the Nazis with sorting through the city's Jewish...