'Monologues from the Kishke,' touches your heart and other parts; a rare Yiddish play today that celebrates the culture of Eastern European Jews instead of mourning its decline.

Letters, newspaper articles and poems taken by communist authorities after writer was sentenced to prison on fabricated charges in 1963, are reclaimed after prolonged legal battle.

The first issue of Yiddishe Zeitung (Jewish Times) hit newsstands in New York City on this day in 1870.

The prolific writer Abraham Goldfaden launched the golden age of Yiddish theater with his amusing, and probing, plays and productions.

Mascha Kaleko, a beloved German poet of the 1930s, eventually reached Israel, where she slipped into anonymity. But with republished volumes of her work, she finds a new voice and a new generation of fans - in Germany.

In Tel Aviv's bustling, fershtinker commuter hub, Mendy Cahan has created an oasis of Yiddish literature, where he lovingly hordes a growing stash of books, plays and papers.

Today we remember him largely because of a single play. But S. An-sky did much more than write 'The Dybbuk'; He was a Russian social revolutionary and a tireless collector of Jewish folklore who imagined a better future for his people that didn't depend on Zion.