Yiddish Gothic (Rokhl K)
@rokhl.bsky.social
Teacher of Yiddish language, literature, and Ashkenazi culture. Specialist in "Everyday Ashkenazi Magic." Ask me about my b'nei mitzvah heritage tutoring! Also, writer of Rokhl's Golden City (2017-2024)
It's a bit early, but I want to reshare one of my favorite pieces from last year. It's about how the tv musical MRS SANTA CLAUS celebrates immigration and immigrants as American values ✨
www.tabletmag.com/sections/com...
www.tabletmag.com/sections/com...
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It's a bit early, but I want to reshare one of my favorite pieces from last year. It's about how the tv musical MRS SANTA CLAUS celebrates immigration and immigrants as American values ✨
www.tabletmag.com/sections/com...
www.tabletmag.com/sections/com...
At tonight's yidish af yidish YIVO at 100. I snuck out slightly early& salivated over the book table. Being tragically broke right now I did not purchase any copies of yivo bleter 😔 but if anyone wants to get me a khanike present i desperately need a copy of yivo takones/standardized orthography
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
At tonight's yidish af yidish YIVO at 100. I snuck out slightly early& salivated over the book table. Being tragically broke right now I did not purchase any copies of yivo bleter 😔 but if anyone wants to get me a khanike present i desperately need a copy of yivo takones/standardized orthography
✨YIDDISH GOTHIC✨ starts Tuesday afternoon. This was one of my favorite classes and I'm excited to offer it again. I'd love to see you there - email me to sign up or lemme know if you have any questions cjcrokhl @ gmail com
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
✨YIDDISH GOTHIC✨ starts Tuesday afternoon. This was one of my favorite classes and I'm excited to offer it again. I'd love to see you there - email me to sign up or lemme know if you have any questions cjcrokhl @ gmail com
Return of the Yiddish Gothic: Three Short Stories by Sarah Hamer-Jacklyn
✨Starting November 11. ✨
Email cjcrokhl@gmail.com
✨$25 discount if you register by Friday 💫
✨Starting November 11. ✨
Email cjcrokhl@gmail.com
✨$25 discount if you register by Friday 💫
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Return of the Yiddish Gothic: Three Short Stories by Sarah Hamer-Jacklyn
✨Starting November 11. ✨
Email cjcrokhl@gmail.com
✨$25 discount if you register by Friday 💫
✨Starting November 11. ✨
Email cjcrokhl@gmail.com
✨$25 discount if you register by Friday 💫
It's election day in NYC! כ׳בין א וואַל-פֿיש!
Go Zohran!!!
Go Zohran!!!
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It's election day in NYC! כ׳בין א וואַל-פֿיש!
Go Zohran!!!
Go Zohran!!!
Post something random or you'll have an awful November
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Post something random or you'll have an awful November
Found at the top of Mt Salea 🖖🏻
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Found at the top of Mt Salea 🖖🏻
October 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Can't decide which is the sadder conclusion - that someone made a bot to say things like this (these are screenshots from October 2023) or that it's normal for American Jews to think and say this about their own Jewish American lives - that they are completely empty
October 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Can't decide which is the sadder conclusion - that someone made a bot to say things like this (these are screenshots from October 2023) or that it's normal for American Jews to think and say this about their own Jewish American lives - that they are completely empty
Yeah, I'm on that grind
October 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Yeah, I'm on that grind
Hey kid, did you make the new iced coffee sign yet?
Yes, sir! Star Trek greek coffee - the final frontier just like you wanted
Yes, sir! Star Trek greek coffee - the final frontier just like you wanted
October 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Hey kid, did you make the new iced coffee sign yet?
Yes, sir! Star Trek greek coffee - the final frontier just like you wanted
Yes, sir! Star Trek greek coffee - the final frontier just like you wanted
New installment of: Yeah, there's a Yiddish incantation for that
To learn more (and much more) join me for my new spooky season class, October 15, 22, & 29 at 7:00pm. ($100) email me to register: cjcrokhl @ gmail com
And please share with your friends! ✨😈
To learn more (and much more) join me for my new spooky season class, October 15, 22, & 29 at 7:00pm. ($100) email me to register: cjcrokhl @ gmail com
And please share with your friends! ✨😈
October 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
New installment of: Yeah, there's a Yiddish incantation for that
To learn more (and much more) join me for my new spooky season class, October 15, 22, & 29 at 7:00pm. ($100) email me to register: cjcrokhl @ gmail com
And please share with your friends! ✨😈
To learn more (and much more) join me for my new spooky season class, October 15, 22, & 29 at 7:00pm. ($100) email me to register: cjcrokhl @ gmail com
And please share with your friends! ✨😈
Yeah, there's a Yiddish incantation for that ✨ Come join me for my new class starting October 15. Three sessions via Zoom, 7pm, Oct 15, 22, 29. $100. Email me to sign up ✨
October 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Yeah, there's a Yiddish incantation for that ✨ Come join me for my new class starting October 15. Three sessions via Zoom, 7pm, Oct 15, 22, 29. $100. Email me to sign up ✨
Guys, I'm getting jazzed about my upcoming spooky season class. We're gonna learn a bunch of incantations, we're gonna find out how to avoid the torments of the grave, and we're gonna read some epic yiddish poetry about sex and death 💀🎃 Three sessions starting Oct 15. Email me: cjcrokhl @ gmail com
October 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Guys, I'm getting jazzed about my upcoming spooky season class. We're gonna learn a bunch of incantations, we're gonna find out how to avoid the torments of the grave, and we're gonna read some epic yiddish poetry about sex and death 💀🎃 Three sessions starting Oct 15. Email me: cjcrokhl @ gmail com
Eric Adams is a despicable clown but this isn't really a dunk. This is a picture of the late chief sefardi rabbi of Israel
September 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Eric Adams is a despicable clown but this isn't really a dunk. This is a picture of the late chief sefardi rabbi of Israel
What you missed if you didn't join us at tonight's Yiddish evil eye class 🧿
In the bible and other core jewish texts, envy, miserliness, holding a grudge, and other negative traits are expressed through the human eye, often associated with an "evil eye" or "ayin ra"
In the bible and other core jewish texts, envy, miserliness, holding a grudge, and other negative traits are expressed through the human eye, often associated with an "evil eye" or "ayin ra"
September 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
What you missed if you didn't join us at tonight's Yiddish evil eye class 🧿
In the bible and other core jewish texts, envy, miserliness, holding a grudge, and other negative traits are expressed through the human eye, often associated with an "evil eye" or "ayin ra"
In the bible and other core jewish texts, envy, miserliness, holding a grudge, and other negative traits are expressed through the human eye, often associated with an "evil eye" or "ayin ra"
Anyway, you should enjoy the fact that Flashdancers signs use the Star Trek font
September 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Anyway, you should enjoy the fact that Flashdancers signs use the Star Trek font
I'm a single issue voter and that issue is that a plastic clamshell of mid-cookies should not be TEN FREAKING DOLLARS
September 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm a single issue voter and that issue is that a plastic clamshell of mid-cookies should not be TEN FREAKING DOLLARS
Made me happy to see this Yiddish+ Star Trek crossover.
September 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Made me happy to see this Yiddish+ Star Trek crossover.
Starting Sunday at 7pm. Still time to sign up. Drop me a line at cjcrokhl @ gmail com.
September 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Starting Sunday at 7pm. Still time to sign up. Drop me a line at cjcrokhl @ gmail com.
Will there be snacks when we visit the dead?
Yes, there will be snacks when we visit the dead
Though not strictly Elul-related, this short Yizkor book passage tells us a lot about the ritual of geyn af keyver-oves, visiting the graves of the ancestors. It could be done anytime, but usually at Elul
Yes, there will be snacks when we visit the dead
Though not strictly Elul-related, this short Yizkor book passage tells us a lot about the ritual of geyn af keyver-oves, visiting the graves of the ancestors. It could be done anytime, but usually at Elul
September 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Will there be snacks when we visit the dead?
Yes, there will be snacks when we visit the dead
Though not strictly Elul-related, this short Yizkor book passage tells us a lot about the ritual of geyn af keyver-oves, visiting the graves of the ancestors. It could be done anytime, but usually at Elul
Yes, there will be snacks when we visit the dead
Though not strictly Elul-related, this short Yizkor book passage tells us a lot about the ritual of geyn af keyver-oves, visiting the graves of the ancestors. It could be done anytime, but usually at Elul
I'm looking for something unrelated but I came across @bluma.bsky.social 's good friend-
September 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I'm looking for something unrelated but I came across @bluma.bsky.social 's good friend-