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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.

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Yehoash’s Scroll: A Calligraphed Megiles Ester

In hon­or of Purim, a fine cal­ligraphed scroll of Yehoash’s trans­la­tion into Yid­dish of the Book of Esther, com­plet­ed by the poet­’s daugh­ter Chava.

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Vilne? Vilna? Wilno? Vilnius?: Place Names in Yiddish

Our edi­to­r­i­al team discusses/​debates our guide­lines for trans­lat­ing and translit­er­at­ing place names from the Yiddish.

Interview

"We Should Not Create Enemies": Europe's Refugee Crisis and Yiddish Song

Aus­tri­an shep­herd Hans Breuer on dri­ving refugees across the bor­der, and get­ting famous for singing Yid­dish songs. 

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