Blog

Our read­ers’ favorite posts from the 2019 – 2020 pub­lish­ing year, includ­ing trans­la­tions, peer-reviewed schol­ar­ly arti­cles, per­son­al essays, roundups of Yid­dish resources, and even a piece from our Purim issue.

Jul 14, 2020

Amye Rubin­schnei­der inter­views her moth­er and aunt in response to Josie Naron’s blog post about a let­ter from their moth­er, Rubin­schnei­der’s grand­moth­er, a teacher fired dur­ing the Red Scare.

Mar 03, 2020

Jul 09, 2019

This sum­mer we con­duct­ed a sur­vey of our read­ers to find out how you think we’re doing, here’s what we learned. 

Oct 01, 2018

Call­ing all read­ers! We want to hear what you think.

Jul 05, 2018

Apr 20, 2017

This sum­mer we con­duct­ed a sur­vey of our read­ers to find out what you think about us, here’s what we learned. 

Dec 15, 2016

A read­er writes in to tell us about her grand­moth­er, Yid­dish poet Mal­ka Lee, and to dis­pel an error of iden­ti­ty that’s been float­ing around the inter­net for years. 

Dec 11, 2015

Read­ers write in to tell us about the Hebrew-Yid­dish writer who was also Anna Mar­golin’s first husband.

Oct 28, 2015