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Yiddish

Miniature Book of Prayers for Women. (Photo: Courtesy Sotheby’s)

One of the Greatest Libraries of Judaica Heads to Auction at Sotheby’s

A rare, and famous, religious trove hits the auction block this month.
By Daniel Grant
(Photo: KulturefestNYC)

Huge Weeklong Kulturfest to Bring Yiddish Culture to New York

Kulturefest, a celebration of Jewish culture and the NYTF, prepares for an eight day festival in NYC.
By Orly Greenberg
Zebulon Simantov's library of old Hebrew books. (Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Remembering I.L. Peretz on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Great Writer’s Death

The great writer IL Peretz died 100 years ago. His name was Yitzhak Leibush Peretz, born in Zamoscz in 1852, died in Warsaw in 1915.
By Marty Peretz

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