Speaking Yiddish with Rabbis
The Unlikely History of Yiddish in Salem County, New Jersey
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In 2025, ACRe will host a series of discussions titled “Speaking Yiddish with Rabbis,” riffing on the success of a newly published book Speaking Yiddish to Chickens by Seth Stern.
Our resident teacher Rabbi Lazer Mishulovin, native Yiddish speaker and translator, will lead a series of Sunday morning discussions about the story of Jewish immigration to Salem County, New Jersey, exploring the history and lifestyles of the original settlers and how they assimilated into modern America.
The meetups will take place by the newly completed Alliance Mural, a striking backdrop and dedication to the immigrant survivors.
ACRe was awarded a History grant for Special Programming through the 2025 Salem County History Re-Grant program.
Meet the Team
Rabbi Lazer Mishulovin
RABBI LAZER MISHULOVIN works as a professional Yiddish translator. He helps families uncover their ancestral history by deciphering old Yiddish letters, journals and memoirs. Lazer was born and raised with Yiddish in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He wrote for the Yiddish paper, The Algemeiner Journal and taught Yiddish in New York City for the Workers Circle. He worked on various translation and research projects, such as Yiddish letters from former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, a major film documentary “The Four Seasons Lodge” and for the TV show “Hunters.” Lazer holds a degree in Jewish Studies and English literature and has a keen knowledge and appreciation of Jewish history. He also has a degree in Education from the Hebrew University and worked as a Jewish educator in various Jewish day schools in North America.
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.
This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State, through the Salem County Board of County Commissioners & The Salem County Cultural & Heritage Commission.