Blog
Essays, interviews, listicles, podcasts, and much more, covering all aspects of Yiddish culture.
Interview
Yiddish Writing in the Twenty-First Century: A Conversation with Velvl Chernin
A conversation with the compiler and editor of the new Leksikon fun der haynttsaytiker yidisher literatur.
Mar 24, 2026
Blog
Ain’t No Party Like a Shnorer Party: The Wild and Short Life of a Literary Support Group
The Shnorer Association, also sometimes known as The Shnorer Club, sponsored a variety of cultural events in New York City from 1915 through around 1925.
Oct 04, 2023
Blog
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.
Feb 20, 2023
Blog
Feminism, Creativity and Translation: Chava Rosenfarb Translates Jewish-Canadian Women Writers into Yiddish
Goldie Morgentaler reflects on why her mother, the novelist Chava Rosenfarb, might have chosen to translate the work of two other Jewish Canadian women writers — her friends Miriam Waddington and Adele Wiseman, who both wrote in English — into Yiddish.
Jul 05, 2022
Blog
How to Suppress Yiddish Women’s Writing
Joanna Russ’ 1983 schematic of strategies and dynamics that suppress women’s writing — along with some additions specific to modern Yiddish culture — helps explain both the historical suppression of Yiddish women writers and more recent challenges to feminist scholarship on women’s Yiddish writing. Faith Jones guides us to make the Yiddish future together, and to make our place in it.
May 31, 2022
Blog
IkhOykh: Workplace Harassment and Yiddish Literature
Yiddish literature abounds with #MeToo moments — representations of sexual exploitation and misconduct.
Nov 02, 2021