East European Jewry
The Mosaic columnist joins us to talk about her new podcast and the poetry and literature it will explore.
Archivists have restored and preserved an extraordinary trove of documents.
From a title inspired by a Chagall painting to 35 discarded songs, the classic musical has a rich and illuminating history.
True stories, literary retellings, and a religious response.
Arthur Kurzweil’s 4,000 dreidels.
Soviet insult and Nazi injury.
Ancestry records, memorial books, and more.
Where the Dutch queen approached the Munkatsher rebbe for a blessing.
And why Yiddish plays attracted Gentile audiences.
Are American Jews up to the task?
And devoted himself to reviving forgotten Jewish music.
In the mega-shtetl of Berdichev.
Vilna’s Jewish graveyard and its martyred caretaker.
The Strashun Library, and the heroism of those who saved it.