Ben Sadock has a master’s degree in Yiddish from Columbia University and now works as an editor and translator in New York City. His primary research interests are Yiddish dialects and their history, including the ongoing development of Hasidic Yiddish and how it relates to prewar Yiddish dialects. Both his professional work and research are based in a love of the diversity and complexity of language.
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Our editorial team discusses/debates our guidelines for translating and transliterating place names from the Yiddish.
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