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The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook: A rediscovered Yiddish vegetarian cookbook published before WWII and now available in English.

Joseph Berger’s article in The New York Times, “Some Say Spelling of a Winning Word Wasn’t Kosher” (May 31, 2013), notes that YIVO is by recognized by many as the authority on Yiddish. The winning word in the Scripps National Spelling Bee was knaidel (matzoh ball), or, as the spelling rules ...

The YIVO Institute is re-launching its NextGen program and we want you to be part of our maiden event. For one night only, The Gefilteria’s innovative co-founders, Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz are bringing the best-selling Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook back to life in an exclusive, all-vegetarian cooking demonstration and tasting.

In 1938, Fania Lewando, the proprietor of a popular vegetarian restaurant in Vilna, published a Yiddish vegetarian cookbook including 400 recipes, impassioned essays about the benefits of vegetarianism, and lush full-color drawings of vegetables and fruit. Enchanted by the book, YIVO commissioned a translation, making Lewando's charming, delicious, and practical ...