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Chaim Zhitlowsky
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Texts & Translation
טעריטאָריאַליזם במזומן אָדער אויף באָרג
Territorialism: In Cash or on Credit?
Chaim Zhitlowsky
Translation by Rick Meller
Political theorist and Yiddishist Chaim Zhitlowsky weighs the deferred promise of territorialism against the needs of present.
Feb 02, 2016
Texts & Translation
וועגן דעם ווערט פֿון איבערזעצונגען
On the Worth of Translations
Chaim Zhitlowsky
Translation by Joshua Price
In this 1910 essay, Chaim Zhitlowsky examines how the translation of works of world literature into Yiddish can be a way to establish Yiddish as a kultur-shprakh, a language as modern and expressive as European languages.
Aug 11, 2015