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An essay on the late Ben­jamin Har­shav, one of the most impor­tant lit­er­ary schol­ars of the last decades, and how in his work Yid­dish served as a bridge between Europe, Israel, and North Amer­i­ca, between poet­ry, trans­la­tion, and scholarship. 

Aug 26, 2015

Daniel Kahn talks about his musi­cal influ­ences, how all of his lan­guages inter­act with each oth­er in his songs, and what it means to ​“tradapt” a song across lan­guages and time.

Oct 01, 2015

Not a trans­la­tion! An orig­i­nal Eng­lish-lan­guage Yid­dish poem. 

Apr 18, 2018

A playlis­ti­cle of Yid­dish speech acts avail­able in dig­i­tal formats.

Jun 25, 2018

New research and trans­la­tion of Avrom Sutzkev­er’s work leads to a mul­ti­lin­gual, multi­na­tion­al con­ven­ing of Yid­dishists in Copen­hagen, Den­mark and in Lund, Sweden. 

Jun 28, 2018