Reviews
Review
Review of Sutzkever’s Cycle Elephants by Night: African Poems, translated by Mel Konner
Mel Konner’s compelling translation of Helfandn bay Nakht (1950) takes the reader through Sutzkever’s Nesiye iber Afrika, evoking stories of wise African kings, masked hunters, shape-shifting prey, lovers divided by crocodile rivers, and the creation of man beginning with elephant tusks.
Mar 03, 2025
Review
Stranger in a Strange Land? A Review of Rachel Rojanski’s Yiddish in Israel
Rojanski’s work provides a comprehensive picture of the events and personalities that chart the history of Yiddish in Israel.
Oct 20, 2021
Review
Here Dwells the Jewish People
A review of Avraham Novershtern’s new book on a century of American Yiddish literature. Our reviewer asks: was Yiddish literature in America a cultural enterprise that was doomed from the start or one that generated multiple beginnings?
Aug 12, 2015