The Academy of the Hebrew Language approved the addition of over 500 new words to the Hebrew dictionary. The list of new words and phrases, compiled by several academy committees, was brought up to a ...

AFP — The bespectacled man with two pens in his shirt pocket and a black skullcap atop grey hair points to his computer screen and explains an epic project spanning generations. Gabriel Birnbaum, 66, ...

This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. If Sapri Sale is like anyone you know, it’s probably Uncle Albert, the gravity-defying character in “Mary Poppins” who loves to laugh long and ...