Blog

Our readers’ favorite posts from the 2019-2020 publishing year, including translations, peer-reviewed scholarly articles, personal essays, roundups of Yiddish resources, and even a piece from our Purim issue.

Jul 14, 2020

Amye Rubinschneider interviews her mother and aunt in response to Josie Naron’s blog post about a letter from their mother, Rubinschneider’s grandmother, a teacher fired during the Red Scare.

Mar 03, 2020

Jul 09, 2019

This summer we conducted a survey of our readers to find out how you think we’re doing, here’s what we learned.

Oct 01, 2018

Calling all readers! We want to hear what you think.

Jul 05, 2018

Apr 20, 2017

This summer we conducted a survey of our readers to find out what you think about us, here’s what we learned.

Dec 15, 2016

A reader writes in to tell us about her grandmother, Yiddish poet Malka Lee, and to dispel an error of identity that’s been floating around the internet for years.

Dec 11, 2015

Readers write in to tell us about the Hebrew-Yiddish writer who was also Anna Margolin’s first husband.

Oct 28, 2015