Before we get into the heart of this story, let me confess something: every morning when My Bubbe’s Forecast goes out in the Morning Light,. with her gentle reminders to wear a jacket, drink water or avoid shvitzing like a chazzer. I’m reminded...

  Last year, during an informal poll of Jewish Light readers, less than 1% of respondents said they had a TikTok account or had ever viewed content on the platform. Well, now if there was ever a reason to join TikTok, this may be it: Fran...

I’m going to be completely honest with you: I’m not a coffee table book kind of guy. I’ve also never really had a coffee table that would justify owning a coffee table book. I don’t live in the kind of home where decorative hardcover books are...

Many of us—me included—are fascinated by Yiddish. For the past few years, I’ve celebrated that fascination with a recurring bit I call “Funny Yiddish Things My Bubbe Would Say,” a love letter to the language’s mysticism, humor and bite. But...

A few readers have pointed out that I’ve been using the word shvitz quite a bit lately in Bubbe’s Forecast. And yes — I have. Guilty. I’m not just using it — I’m clinging to it like the sticky, heavy brewery t-shirts I wear to the office each...

Steven Spielberg had already donated money to the Yiddish Book Center when he asked if the center’s founder, Aaron Lansky, might fly out to Los Angeles and drop by his office. The filmmaker doesn’t usually meet with the beneficiaries of his philanthropy,...

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...

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...

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?,"...

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...

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...

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...