Speaking Yiddish with Rabbis

The Unlikely History of Yiddish in Salem County, New Jersey

ACRe hosted a series of discussions titled “Speaking Yiddish with Rabbis.”

Our resident teacher Rabbi Lazer Mishulovin, native Yiddish speaker and translator, led a monthly series of four Sunday morning discussions about the story of Jewish immigration to Salem County, New Jersey, first in 1882 and again after the Holocaust. The course explored the Yiddish culture and lifestyles of the settlers and how they assimilated into modern America.

The meetups took place by the newly completed Alliance Mural, a striking backdrop and dedication to the immigrant survivors.

Coffee and treats were served!

ACRe was awarded a History grant for Special Programming through the 2025 Salem County History Re-Grant program.

Bagel brunches sponsored by the Board of Jewish Education of Atlantic and Cape May Counties

Meet the Team

Rabbi Lazer Mishulovin

RABBI LAZER MISHULOVIN serves as a Rabbi at Sons of Jacob of Vineland, NJ. He is also a professional Yiddish translator and researcher, helping families uncover their ancestral history by deciphering old Yiddish letters, journals and memoirs. Rabbi Lazer Mishulovin was born and raised with Yiddish in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He wrote for the Yiddish paper, The Algemeiner Journal and taught adult Yiddish classes in New York and Chicago. Rabbi Lazer currently teaches at Cheder Chabad of Philadelphia.

Malya & William Levin

MALYA & WILLIAM LEVIN founded the nonprofit organization Alliance Community Reboot in 2014, dedicated to rebuilding farm-based Jewish community in South Jersey.

As a great-great grandson of Moses Bayuk, leader of the Jewish Alliance Colony founded in 1882, and a grandchild of Holocaust survivors, William is using his historic family farmland as a setting for meaningful engagement and exploration of the rich history and culture in Salem County.

Malya is a lawyer admitted to the NY and NJ Bars, and is Assistant Director and General Counsel at the Weinberg Center for Elder Justice, the nation’s first elder abuse shelter. In 2018 Malya was named one of New York Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36.” Malya has taught courses and lectured on Jewish topics and texts.

Our series "Speaking Yiddish with Rabbis" was inspired by the title of Seth Stern's book, Speaking Yiddish to Chickens, the story of Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms.