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Interview
Radical, Rational Eating: Eve Jochnowitz on Eastern European Vegetarians, Jewish Politics, and Translating The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook
Eve Jochnowitz discusses the rise of vegetarian cuisine among Jews, leftist politics, and how to make gefilte fish without any fish at all.
Sep 27, 2016
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Vilne? Vilna? Wilno? Vilnius?: Place Names in Yiddish
Our editorial team discusses/debates our guidelines for translating and transliterating place names from the Yiddish.
Mar 20, 2016