Sinclair Lewis’s 1936 play 'It Can’t Happen Here' is performed by multiple companies, including National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene, just days before US election

The Vibers, two Tel Aviv actresses, revamped 'Bei Mir Bistu Shein,' sung to them by their beloved grandmothers

A must-read novel for fall, 'The Lost Shtetl' by first-time fiction writer Max Gross offers fable inspired by the great Yiddish writers that comforts and challenges in corona times

Zayde Wisdom's like a Jewish grandmother but he 'exemplifies commitment to excellence through strength of character, competitiveness and athleticism,' according to NHL

After surprise success with Yiddish parodies of 'Toy' and 'Under the Sea,' Israeli actor and singer Yael Yekel delights with original twist on 'Bei Mir Bistu Shein'

As Latvian band releases second album, front-woman Sasha Lurje speaks about its inspirations, transition from klezmer, and its new album's 'dark love stories'

When it opens, the vegan, halal and kosher Pink Peacock will have Ashkenazi fare on a pay-what-you-can model, and plans to be a center for language, culture and LGBTQ activity

Beloved even by the Nazis -- until they discovered its Jewish roots -- 'Bei Mir Bistu Shein' is a symbol of love and diversity. Take a listen here

Jewish law requires a body be guarded between death and burial -- but in this new production, something has gone horribly wrong

Berlin-based musicians Daniel Kahn and Sveta Kundish exploit parallels to COVID-19 in 104-year-old ballad about disease and injustice by great 20th century US immigrant composer