Articles
Essays and peer-reviewed scholarship in Yiddish Studies, an interdisciplinary field that engages all aspects of Yiddish cultural production, especially in its relationship to other cultures and languages.
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Review Once There Was Warsaw by Ber Kutsher, transl. Gerald Marcus
Kutsher’s memoir is not just a memoir of his life but a memoir of a city long gone. Written originally in Yiddish in 1955 after Kutsher survived the Holocaust and left Poland, it reads more like a yizkor book than a personal memoir.
Jan 13, 2025
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Review of Ben Gold’s Your Comrade, Avreml Broide, A Worker’s Life Story, translated by Annie Sommer Kaufman
A valuable feature of Avreml Broide is the chance it offers to take a deep dive into the world of twentieth century radical left activism to understand essentials of the CPUSA as an American subculture.
Nov 20, 2024
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A German Tune, A Hebrew Script: A Yiddish Translation of Lutheran Liturgy
A Yiddish translation of a Protestant morning hymn reveals interreligious and intercultural exchange of religious poetry and music.
Jul 12, 2024
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Review of Warsaw Testament by Rokhl Auerbach, trans. Kassow
This is a watershed entry into the English canon of Holocaust testimony.
Jun 06, 2024
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Review of Dovid Bergelson's "Die Welt möge Zeuge sein": Erzählungen
This collection of translated stories presents a new side of David Bergelson to German readers.
May 20, 2024
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Review of Moyshe Kulbak's Ale lider un poemen, edited by Siarhej Šupa
In two volumes, Siarhej Šupa brings Moyshe Kulbak’s complete poetry to readers in the Yiddish original, Belarusian translation, and Latin transliteration.
Apr 29, 2024
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Review of Montage: Works by Debora Vogel, trans. Lyubas
This small hardcover book is a perfect gem for those who want to introduce themselves to Vogel’s poetry.
Apr 17, 2024
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Review of The Communist Satyricon: Sem Liptsin’s She Sold her Husband and Other Satirical Sketches, translated and edited by Zeke Levine
Mar 12, 2024
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Review of Shira Gorshman's Meant to Be, translated by Faith Jones
This is the first book-length collection of Gorshman’s work to be translated into English, with only a handful of stories elsewhere.
Feb 19, 2024
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Review of Miriam Karpilove's A Provincial Newspaper and Other Stories, translated by Jessica Kirzane
The women in A Provincial Newspaper and Other Stories are complex, multifaceted characters, and they do not uniformly fixate on love.
Feb 12, 2024