Mention “The Long and Winding Road” to most American Jews of my generation, and in all likelihood they will associate it with a song written

The yahrzeit, or yom hillula, of the venerable and esteemed second-century sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, also known by the acronym Rashbi, was observed this

Long before American drivers were instructed to yield to drivers who had the right of way, the Yiddish language, with immeasurable respect for holy objects,