Heading Into the 'I' of the Knaidel Did Arvind Mahankali spell ‘knaidel’ correctly or not? The problem lies not with Yiddish, the New York Times or a 13-year-old boy. Philologos says it is the English language. Click here for the rest of the article...
June 16, 2013 - The Forward
Spelling Ace Gets His Own Knaidel U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) honored Scripps National Spelling Bee champ Arvind Mahankali of Bayside Hills on June 10. Mahankali won the contest on June 4 after he correctly spelled “knaidel,” the Yiddish word for matzo ball.
June 13, 2013 - Queens Tribune
Ilan Stavans in Reuters Yiddish was perceived by the Zionist as the language of victimhood,said Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans, author of a book called Resurrecting Hebrew.
Michael Bloomberg in Radar Online New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised her from the podium, commenting, "There's a Yiddish saying, that our mitzvahs-our good deeds-are the clothing of our soul. So in more ways than one, Brooke Astor was always the best-dressed woman in New...
David G. Roskies in Jerusalem Post While Israel was building a state, America was the place of refuge where the severed branches [of Eastern European Jewry] could be collected and preserved,Roskies says. "Yiddish scholarship existed in Israel, but it was very academic and...