Davka 's 5th issue is dedicated to New York Yiddish, a success story which is usually overlooked by Israeli History Books. It covers a selection of the New York Yiddish Golden Age elements: the Yiddi Theatre, which became a kind of Modern Temple (Edna Nahshon); the Rise of "Fiddler on the Roof" (Dan Almagor). The New Davka issue also includes a photographic tour following the trail of the Jewish Past in the Lower East Side (Nahum Gershon), a Motl Peyse Dem Khazns Comics and more. Davka does not limit itself to the Historical tale but also describes the Yiddish Situation in New York today. It tells of the activity of a very young organization "Yugntruf " and tells of a friendship between two women an ex-religious and an orthodox and even includes a play about female love in one of the Yiddish reading circles in the East Village.

The third issue of Davka , the Hebrew Language magazine dedicated to exploring the Yiddish Culture, reveals the hidden love of Yiddish in the land of Israel. Starting with the exciting letters which a "Yiddishe Mama" sent to her son who was situated in Cairo, at the beginning of the 16th Century, these letters were in the Cairo Geniza and were uncoded by Professor Hana Torniaski.

This Festschrifft for Prof. Yona Fraenel includes 23 articles on various aspects of the literary study of Rabbinic literature. The studies relate to the poetics of genre and the relationship of literature to history, including cultural dialogues with Christianity and questions of transmission and composition of the various rabbinic genres.

Davka is a Hebrew-language magazine that explores the culture of the Jews of Eastern Europe. The subject of the Second issue is Childhood.

The first issue of Davka is devoted to journeys, and offers a wide array of subject matter and styles, from David Assaf's scholarly writing on traveling near and far, to Ruvik Rosenthal's fascinating observations on the Yiddish component in spoken Hebrew, and Yirmi Pinkus' comic strip "Malopolska" ("Little Poland")and includes an interview with Chava Alberstein.

The Yiddish proverbs in this book have accumulated for hundreds years. They originate from the Bible, the Talmud, the Eastern European and German folklore, but some were coined by Yiddish speakers themselves. Parallel proverbs and literal translations in Hebrew, English and Russian accompany the Yiddish proverbs. The dictionary also contains alphabetical indexes of the Hebrew, English and Russian proverbs and references to the original Yiddish proverbs, thus producing a combined two-way dictionary. Eastern European Jewish folklore is distinguished by an unusual degree of self-criticism, which is reflected in the proverbs. A large proportion of Yiddish proverbs are humorous, perspicacious, and sophisticated and some make opposite statements about the same matter.

First anthology of Canadian plays in Hebrew. Ten superb playwrights, Margaret Atwood, P.K. Page, Jason Sherman and others present Indians and Inuit, love and alcohol, Sasquatch and the end of the world.

In this volume of Polin , scholars from the fields of history, sociology, politics, anthropology, linguistics, literature, and folklore explore central themes in Jewish and European history. Launching what was to become a comprehensive and vigorous forum for discussion of all aspects of the Jewish experience in Poland, this first volume established the pattern of bringing together work by established and younger scholars from many countries.

A first attempt is made here to portray this folklore genre in Yiddish lexicography. The 200 blessings and around 450 curses included in this dictionary are arranged alphabetically. The Yiddish entries are accompanied by their equivalent in Hebrew, Russian and English. Also added are literal translations (in Hebrew and English), for readers whose knowledge of the Yiddish language is at a minimum, but who would still like to know the actual ideas and images behind the Yiddish expressions. The dictionary is illustrated by amusing drawings. Also included is an introductory essay in Yiddish, Hebrew, English and Russian on the blessings and curses – a subject almost never researched until now. This genre of Yiddish folklore is evidence of the fertile imagination of the Yiddish speaker and their keen sense of humor, and will be eagerly welcomed by specialists and Yiddish lovers around the world. “May you grow like an onion with your head in the ground!” Or, as it goes in the original Yiddish: “Zolst vaksn vi a tzibele mitn kop in dr’erd!” That’s just one of the colorful curses to be found in the new book, Let’s Hear Only Good News: Yiddish Blessings and Curses, by Dr. Josef Guri of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Among the blessings is the familiar, “Foon dein moil in gotz oieren” – “From your mouth to God’s ears,” an expression said in reply to a good wish. All told, there are 200 blessings and 450 curses in this folkloric work, which is illustrated with amusing drawings. The items are listed alphabetically in Yiddish, with the equivalent expressions in English, Hebrew and Russian. Indexes are provided in the translated languages according to alphabetical listing and by themes. This is the seventh lexicographical work by Dr. Guri, of the university’s Department of Russian and Slavic Studies. His other works include Yiddish idiomatic expressions and proverbs. Dr. Guri says that his latest work is the culmination of three years of work and is the first attempt to assemble and describe blessings and curses (or good and bad wishes) as a genre of Yiddish folklore. “This genre is highly developed in Yiddish and is richer and more variegated than similar expressions in the folklore of many other peoples,” says Dr. Guri. He acknowledges, however, that his book is by no means an exhaustive list of such blessings and curses since Yiddish has been spoken in many parts of the world, with local variations, and new expressions are still being coined. Among many peoples, curses are characterized by the use of foul language (swear words). Among the Yiddish-speaking Jewish Eastern European population, however, curses took the form of often humorous maledictions. Yiddish speakers, continue Guri, are accustomed to witty remarks and do not become overwrought when someone hurls an expressive curse at them. As the Yiddish proverb says, “Fun a kloleh shtarbt men nit,” or “Curses do not kill.” At the same time, neither does a blessing create a new reality, adds Guri. Josef Guri – a self-described “Yiddish addict” -- immigrated to Israel from Lithuania in 1957. After eight years of work compiling the Great Yiddish Dictionary, he began work on a series of dictionaries compiling various forms of expression in Yiddish, including proverbs and idioms. Dr. Guri points out that his latest book is intended not only for Yiddish lovers but also for those learning the language, for translators from Yiddish and for those interested in folklore.