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Chief Edi­tor Saul Noam Zaritt intro­duces our series of essays reflect­ing on the state of Yid­dish translation. 

May 01, 2016

In the sec­ond essay in our series of reflec­tions on trans­lat­ing Yid­dish in the twen­ty-first cen­tu­ry, Sarah Ponichtera thinks about how we can bring a sense of mate­ri­al­i­ty to our translations. 

May 04, 2016

Zackary Sholem Berg­er reflects upon the round­table dis­cus­sion at AJS last Decem­ber that inspired this series, and on his own moti­va­tions as a trans­la­tor from Yid­dish and a writer in Eng­lish and Yiddish. 

May 08, 2016

In geve­b’s Man­ag­ing Edi­tor for Trans­la­tions reflects on the need and pos­si­bil­i­ties for trans­lat­ing the archives of Yid­dish cul­ture, in addi­tion to the greats of its literature. 

May 10, 2016

Pro­fes­sor Ani­ta Norich con­cludes our series of reflec­tions on Trans­lat­ing Yid­dish in the twen­ty-first cen­tu­ry by recon­sid­er­ing our rela­tion­ship to ambi­gu­i­ty in translation. 

May 12, 2016

A bib­li­og­ra­phy of schol­ar­ly works in Yid­dish Stud­ies pub­lished in French over the last two years.

May 16, 2016

Gen­nady Estraikh speaks with Man­ag­ing Edi­tor Sarah Ellen Zarrow about the ground­break­ing project ​“A Com­pre­hen­sive His­to­ry of the Jews of the Sovi­et Union,” a sev­en-year ini­tia­tive led by researchers in NYU’s Skir­ball Depart­ment of Hebrew and Juda­ic Studies.

May 26, 2016

Zohar Weiman-Kel­man on the inter­sec­tions of Yid­dish, trans­la­tion, and the erotic. 

Jun 01, 2016

Ashke­naz, the undis­cov­ered coun­try, lies just north of nowhere and a lit­tle west of wher­ev­er we want it to be.

Jun 07, 2016

A librar­i­an dis­cov­ers that Isaac Bashe­vis Singer’s fans wrote let­ters as com­pelling as the nov­els they loved. 

Jun 14, 2016