Jewish Word | Verklempt: The Yiddish Word that Wasn’t
Borrowed from Yiddish and launched into the cultural stratosphere by a Canadian comedian and his Jewish mother-in-law, “verklempt” keeps evolving.
Borrowed from Yiddish and launched into the cultural stratosphere by a Canadian comedian and his Jewish mother-in-law, “verklempt” keeps evolving.
Louisiana just passed a law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms. Will it stand?
Political scientist Ayal Feinberg’s research shows a correlation between Israeli military activity and U.S. antisemitism.
It all feels very important and simultaneously exasperating and hard to navigate.
Embraced by 1940s Bundists opposed to Zionism, the Yiddish word for “hereness” is being popularized by progressive American Jews.
“I realized I needed to dig in and understand exactly what’s happening in the country.“
Jewish Studies Prof. Jeffrey Blutinger’s lecture on solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was shut down after clash with protesters.
How a Black punk rocker from Southern California confronted white nationalists, linked anti-Black racism with antisemitism and took the national stage to fight for inclusive democracy.
“Listening is much more important than speaking.” Participants in Moment’s Wisdom Project, which highlights stories of those lucky enough to have lived long Jewish lives, share their words of wisdom and pieces of advice as the year comes to an end.
Some Palestinians ask, “How can we not compare the Nazi atrocities in the Holocaust to the mass killings of civilians and children in Gaza?
“If you want to talk to me, talk to me about the future, about what is next.”
The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza means that conversations may be especially fraught around the table this year, for multi-generational families of all types and especially for Jewish families.