The 83rd Baerricks Kaundy Pennsylfawnisch Deitsch Fersommling (Berks County Pennsylvania German Gathering) celebrated the Pennsylvania Dutch language and culture. About 250 people enjoyed an ...

At one time in the Lehigh Valley, many people spoke the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. There were sections of the paper devoted to the dialect, and speakers gathered at Versommlings and Grundsau Lodsch ...

Pennsylvania Dutch was once the cornerstone of immigrant life. Local residents are flocking in 2026 to firehouse classes to ...

I'm a Jewish man from New York City, and I grew up in a Yiddish speaking family. Yiddish, though written using the Hebrew alphabet, is largely derived from German. In high school I studied German, ...

A new documentary making its way across the U.S. – “Hiwee wie Driwwe – The Roots of PA Dutch” – was shown to a sold-out audience at the 2019 Kutztown Folk Festival. “We’re really happy to show the ...

Lillian Geisler, a native of Millersville, Pennsylvania, graduated in 1936 from Millersville State Teachers College where her father was the chef at the college’s dining hall. When she accepted a ...