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Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
Interview
A Brief History of Yiddish Dictionaries: Ilan Stavans in Conversation with Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath
Ilan Stavans and Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath talk Yiddish dictionaries, lexicography, and how the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary came to be.
Dec 10, 2025
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The Latest Yiddish Translations, 2023
A roundup of translations published in 2023.
Feb 02, 2024
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The Latest Yiddish Translations, 2023
A roundup of translations published in 2023.
Feb 02, 2024
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What Remains Is Revolutionary: Unboxing Norma Fain Pratt’s Library
Yiddish Book Center fellows Charlotte Apter, Joseph Reisberg, and Caleb Sher, together with bibliographer David Mazower, unpacked a historic donation of the 500 or so titles that made up Norma Fain Pratt’s collection of women’s writing in Yiddish.
Nov 12, 2023
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The Latest Yiddish Translations, 2022
A roundup of translations published in 2022.
Jan 26, 2023
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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
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The Latest in Yiddish Studies in English: 2019
The newest installment of our annual effort to gather together the latest publications relevant to Yiddish Studies in English.
Oct 14, 2020
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Yiddish Studies in Russian: 2014–2019
An annotated bibliography of Yiddish Studies scholarship published in Russia between 2014 and 2019.
May 05, 2020
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The Latest Yiddish Translations, 2019
A roundup of translations published in 2019.
Feb 11, 2020