Topic Tags: Yiddish

Latest Rituals

“Got Bentsh Amerike”

As I bend / hanging laundry on the drying rack / my back twinges but just a little

America, labor, poverty, prayer, Yiddish

a construction scene in which a person wearing baggy jeans covered in paint and dust is hunched over a bowl, which is next to a bucket, a barrel, and a sack.

A Prayer For/On Tuesday

“May we all remember the story we tell / about Your creation / on this holy Tuesday…”

creation, grandmother, Yiddish

an older woman and family member sitting on a bench

L’dor V’dor

“One time, we tried to learn a line dance / where we linked arms in order of the generations…”

ancestors, family, grandparents, Yiddish

an elderly person's hand touches a baby's foot

The Story That Could Heal

“All that remains to me / of my family’s life in Ukraine… / are four silver kiddush cups…”

immigration, Russia, tisha b'av, Ukraine, yahrzeit, Yiddish

a lit candle glows against a dark background

Oseh Shalom: For Ukraine

“My grandparents / spoke Yiddish on muddy streets”

ancestors, peace, Ukraine, war, Yiddish

Crowd gathered in a city square with a Ukrainian flag prominently raised in the center.

A Tekhine For A New Mother

A prayer in English and Yiddish to be recited on the occasion of a son’s bris

circumcision, tekhine, Yiddish

woman holding newborn baby