Quick: How many movies with Jewish-Hispanic themes can you name? Okay, time’s up. But don’t feel bad if your list is a bit short. I know something about these matters and could only come up with about ...

In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward editor Jane Eisner to discuss Mitt Romney’s Vice Presidential pick, Paul Ryan and what his plans for Medicare mean for Jewish ...

Yiddish is a familiar presence in contemporary English speech. Many people use or at least know the meaning of words like chutzpah (audacity), schlep (drag) or nosh (snack). These words have been ...

James Cagney, the legendary Irish American actor, earned high praise for speaking perfect Yiddish in the 1931 film "Taxi." Cagney's bilingual abilities appear in a scene featuring an increasingly ...

Jewish, Italian and Negro are the three predominating accents encountered in the schools, according to Miss Letitia Raubicheck, director of speech correction in New York City schools, who lectured on ...