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

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Briv funem arkhiv: A Long-Lost Letter from the Author’s Great-Grandfather to Moishe Nadir

A let­ter from a devot­ed read­er to Moyshe Nadir, detail­ing the per­son­al strug­gles and ide­o­log­i­cal mis­giv­ings of a dis­il­lu­sioned Communist.

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"Are We Normal?": Mail from Isaac Bashevis Singer's Fans

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

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