Texts & Translations

A grip­ping sto­ry by Rosa Palat­nik about a girl smug­gling goods over the Gali­cian border. 

May 16, 2025

Reflec­tions on moth­er­hood in its absence — in time for Moth­er’s Day.

May 09, 2025

A short sto­ry by Rosa Palat­nik about two Purim pageants set in Poland and Brazil. 

Mar 13, 2025

A sto­ry by union leader Ben Gold (1898−1985) based on his expe­ri­ence of forty days in a Delaware prison. 

Feb 26, 2025

A new, dynam­ic trans­la­tion of Abra­ham Sutzkev­er’s poem about the bur­ial and regen­er­a­tion of ​“the Jew­ish word.” 

Jan 06, 2025

An excerpt from Avrom Nokhem Sten­cl’s mem­oirs of urban wan­der­ing in Weimar Berlin. 

Nov 10, 2024

Ayzik Meir Dik’s satir­i­cal sto­ry about the week­end two Jew­ish pro­fes­sion­als (a won­der­work­er and a can­tor) came to stay in the town of Duratshishok. 

Nov 04, 2024

Sonia Gol­lance trans­lates Arciszewska’s poem about Yom Kip­pur can­dles and post­war memory. 

Oct 08, 2024

Sasha Hoff­man trans­lates Rachel Wish­nitzer Bern­stein’s essay on the theme of the lion tamer in Jew­ish art. 

Jun 25, 2024

Tal Hev­er-Chy­bows­ki trans­lates Yoy­sef Papy­ernikov’s ​“The Cry of Hun­gry Chil­dren” for In geve­b’s ongo­ing series on Yid­dish lit­er­ary respons­es to the war. 

Jun 10, 2024