Yiddish: Not just a once-upon-a-time language
Posted by Anna Burnstein Gilette on 12/22/2020 to
For the children and grandchildren of Central and Eastern European
Jews, Yiddish is the once-upon-a-time language of the ancestors that gives
expression to centuries of culture and history.
Life for Jews in Central and Eastern Europe
What Will Your Soundtrack Be This Winter?
Posted by Anna Burnstein Gilette on 12/17/2020 to
A musician can play a song from memory,
but they likely could not recite the notes of the same song. When a musician
knows a song by heart the body and breath remember instinctively what to
do.
Today we know that
A Victory is That Much Sweeter When it Belongs to The Underdog
Posted by Anna Burnstein Gilette on 12/1/2020 to
Hanukkah is the fun Jewish holiday. Most of us associate
Hanukkah with deep-fried foods like potato latkes and sufganiyot, parties with
friends and family, playing dreidel and opening gifts. These are traditions
whose origins, interestingly,