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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
Interview
Jewish Autobiographies in Polish Translation: An Interview with Joanna Degler
A interview discussing a project to publish critical editions, in Polish, of 25 of the most important memoirs culled from a larger collection of historical Polish Jewish memoirs and autobiographical sources.
Jan 31, 2023
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The Latest Yiddish Translations, 2022
A roundup of translations published in 2022.
Jan 26, 2023
Interview
"I salvage the shards": an interview with Polish poet Grzegorz Kwiatkowski
An interview with Polish poet and musician Grzegorz Kwiatkowski.
Nov 02, 2022
Interview
Toward Hopeful Skies: A Benefit Volume to Support Ukrainian Relief
This August, Naydus Press published Toward Hopeful Skies, a trilingual (Yiddish, Ukrainian, English) volume of two works of children’s poetry, as a benefit volume to support the refugee resettlement agency HIAS’s work with refugees from Ukraine.
Oct 26, 2022
Interview
On Translating The Disappearance into Yiddish: Ilan Stavans and Beruriah Wiegand in Conversation
Oct 24, 2022
Interview
Translating Birshteyn into Swedish: A Conversation with John Karlsson
In this conversation the Yiddish translator John Karlsson from Sweden discusses his most recent project, a translation of Yosl Birshteyn stories into Swedish.
Apr 25, 2022
Blog
The Latest Yiddish Translations, 2021
A roundup of translations published in 2021.
Jan 13, 2022
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The Latest Yiddish Translations, 2020
A roundup of translations published in 2020.
Jan 24, 2021
Blog
The Golden Chain: A Children's Story
An original children’s story celebrating Yiddish-English translation.
Nov 22, 2020
Blog
Translating and Teaching Yiddish Prose by Women
It is time to stop lamenting the paucity of available Yiddish prose works by women and, instead, to translate more and to use the wealth of material that is already available.
Apr 02, 2020