Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 12, 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...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published June 13, 2022
It’s truly amazing how long it takes till you really understand your bubbe or at least a part of her, you took for granted.
Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish,...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 11, 2022
I ran across a book today, that I just had to tell you about. It's written by Daniel Klein, who figured that Yiddish needed an update to make it more conducive in modern times. He penned "Schmegoogle: Yiddish Words for Modern Times," which contains...
