The Forward

Three Yiddish plays about demons and saints is opening off-Broadway

Sign up for the Yiddish Brief, a bissel of all things Yiddish, brought to you weekly by our Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter. A selection of three short plays serving ...
The Forward

Why the new play ‘The Gospel According to Chaim’ is a big deal

Sign up for the Yiddish Brief, a newsletter in English about what’s happening in the Yiddish world today, brought to you weekly by our Forverts editor Rukhl ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

On stage and in the classroom, Mikhl Yashinsky is stoking the flame of the Yiddish revival

The 33-year-old Chelsea resident is a Yiddish actor and playwright when he isn’t teaching the language at YIVO and The Workers Circle. (New York Jewish Week) — In the Yiddish classes Mikhl Yashinsky ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

A new play tells the true story of a former Hasid who translated the New Testament into Yiddish

“The Gospel According to Chaim” is billed as the first full-length Yiddish drama written in the United States in 70 years. (New York Jewish Week) — The true story of a formerly Hasidic Baltimore man ...