Blog

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

Interview

Sholem Aleichem's Digital Turn

An interview with Jeremy Dauber about the new website SholemAleichem.org

Blog

"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.

Interview

"Eight Volumes in Dour Maroon": Josh Fogel on Translating the Leksikon

The Leksikon fun der nayer yidisher literatur, which is full of hard-to-find biographical and bibliographical information about Yiddish writers, is tough to access outside institutions or from the far side of a paywall. By methodically translating and posting entries from the Leksikon online, Josh Fogel is working to change that.

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