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“Tear Up The Harsh Decrees”: Reflections on Tkhines for the High Holidays
Eve Romm
Eve Romm looks to tkhines — Yiddish women’s devotional literature — for High Holidays prayers that “feel earnest, tender, and richly human.”
Oct 17, 2019
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A New Year, a New shifskarte
Shifra Epstein
A look at an example of the famed Yiddish new years cards. This one is a “good year ship ticket,” granting the receiver “120 free yearly round-trips for himself and his family.”
Sep 09, 2015