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The Forward on MSN12h
Jews thought Trump wanted to fight antisemitism. Why did he cut all of their grants?
When DOGE routed the National Endowment for the Humanities, hundreds of grants for Jewish history and Yiddish culture were ...
The Times of Israel6d
How Yiddish writer Chaim Grade’s last novel was rescued and wrestled into print
The editors discuss how a previously lost decades-old manuscript was found and pieced together. It's being called 'probably ...
The Forward on MSN3d
Will Chaim Grade’s novel ‘Sons and Daughters’ come out in Yiddish?
The new English translation is drawing praise but surprisingly, the original Yiddish version was never released in book form ...
Sterling Journal-Advocate5d
Language and literary history
Many survivors came to America, lugging with them their Yiddish books. However, the next generation preferred English over Yiddish. The Yiddish books were soon disregarded, then discarded ...
Book Review: ‘No More Tears’ scrutinizes the legacy of health giant Johnson & Johnson
But in “No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson,” veteran reporter Gardiner Harris uses his investigative skills ...
Dara Horn’s time-traveling children’s Passover book wants people to love living Jews
Horn embraces that darkness in her book, which includes an appearance or two by the Angel of Death. Horn recalls that the ...
Viral sensation ‘Non-Jewish Nanny’ converts — and says the Oct. 7 massacre made her want to convert even more: ‘Even stronger connection’
Exposed to the “beauty” of Judaism, the young bartender and budding opera singer became an official Jewess last month, after ...
The New Yorker5d
Sayaka Murata’s Alien Eye
The author of “Convenience Store Woman” has gained a cult following by seeing the ordinary world as science fiction.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency2dOpinion
Scholars have told important Jewish stories with the NEH’s support. What happens to them now?
The author of "Antisemitism, An American Tradition" laments cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Public ...