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Reflections on two works of fiction that provided an immersive rendering of Jewish persecution in 1930s Austria.

May 20, 2025

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

Arele Viswanath shares the challenges and innovations of translating Harry Potter into Yiddish.

Feb 16, 2022

Kinder-loshn’s mission is to make great classic works of Yiddish children’s literature available to readers in both Yiddish and English and to publish new Yiddish children’s books and translations of other works into Yiddish and English.

Dec 02, 2021

Margaret Frothingham and Paula Cohen discuss fire trucks, folktales, and other considerations in Cohen’s illustrations for this new treasury of Yiddish children’s stories.

Apr 21, 2021

Avram Mlotek shares the personal, family, and artistic roots of the Folksbiene’s online pandemic-era Kids and Yiddish reunion show this spring.

Dec 10, 2020

The abundance of “eternal grandparent” figures in Jewish children’s literature begs the question: Which bubbe and zayde are right for you?

Nov 30, 2020

An original children’s story celebrating Yiddish-English translation.

Nov 22, 2020

An interview with translator Ellen Cassedy about her two translations of Yiddish children’s poetry into English: a collection of prewar children’s poems for a book called “Yiddish Zoo” and a collection of Boris Sandler’s “Good Morning” poems for children.

Nov 16, 2020

Over the next few months, we’ll be bringing you a series of posts across the blog, pedagogy, and translation sections of In geveb, all with a focus on Yiddish children’s literature.

Nov 15, 2020