Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 20, 2025
Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve been thinking more about my own Jewish upbringing—and part of that included the Yiddish my grandparents used, especially my Mama (my bubbe) and Baba.
They’d drop phrases here and there. I never fully understood...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 14, 2025
Since joining the Jewish Light I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up and part of that was the Yiddish my grandparents would use, particularly my maternal grandparents whom I affectionately named Mama (bubbe) and Baba.
Both would use...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 23, 2025
On Monday, March 24, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research celebrates 100 years of preserving Jewish history, language and culture. And if you’re sitting in St. Louis thinking, "That’s nice, but what does a New York-based archive have to do with me?,"...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published February 21, 2025
Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish my grandparents would use, particularly my maternal grandparents, whom I affectionately named Mama and Baba.
Both would use Yiddish...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 17, 2024
Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish my grandparents would use, particularly my maternal grandparents, whom I affectionately named Mama and Baba.
Both would use Yiddish...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 10, 2024
Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish my grandparents would use, particularly my maternal grandparents, whom I affectionately named Mama and Baba.
Both would use Yiddish...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 7, 2024
Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish my grandparents would use, particularly my maternal grandparents, whom I affectionately named Mama and Baba.
Both would use...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 19, 2023
Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish my grandparents would use, particularly my maternal grandparents, whom I affectionately named Mama and Baba.
Both would use Yiddish...
(New York Jewish Week) — In a new political ad, Sen. Chuck Schumer gives constituents a Yiddish lesson while lauding some Democratic victories and decrying some Republican actions of the last term.
The thirty-second ad is titled “Yiddish Lessons...
By Kelly Lea Roth, Kveller
• Published July 17, 2022
From an early age, we are taught that words matter and so we should choose them wisely. For me, this is where all facets of myself converge. As a high school English Literature and Drama teacher, words are my lessons. As a Jew, “mila,” the word...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published June 27, 2022
Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish, my grandparents would use, particularly my maternal grandparents, Mama and Baba.
Both would use Yiddish on occasion, and not...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published June 21, 2022
Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish, my grandparents would use, particularly my maternal grandparents, Mama and Baba. Both would use Yiddish on occasion, and not knowing...
