This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Devotees fight to save ancient language in Chicago scene
In Chicago 102-year-old CH Goldberg and 20-year-old Rubin rally for Yiddish revival amid shrinking speakers. The movement spans summer camps theaters and klezmer bands as scholars warn of cultural loss while Hasidic communities keep the home flame. Chicago's Yiddish speakers drop from tens of thousands to few thousand. New York shows similar decline. Yiddish faces historical pressures from Holocaust memories Hebrew national policy and assimilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Itche Goldberg
Jason Rubin
Goldberg
Rubin
New York
Europe
Dr. Seuss
University of Chicago
Jake Morowitz
Board of Trade
Clear View
Maxwell Street
University of Illinois
Morowitz
Yivo Society
Forward
Folksbiene
Brooklyn
Moshe Unger
Unger