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Jacob Glatstein
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געשטאַלטן װאָס זוכן תּיקון: העלענאַ פֿראַנק
Figures in Need of Rehabilitation: Helena Frank
Jacob Glatstein
Translation by Aharon Varady
Aharon Varady profiles the first Yiddish-to-English translator, Helena Frank, drawing on archival sources and the translation of a tribute by Jacob Glatstein.
Nov 30, 2023
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רויך
Smoke
Jacob Glatstein
Translation by Hershl Hartman
A standalone poem by Jacob Glatstein
Nov 09, 2017
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נישגוט־לאַפּיטוט האָט פֿאַרלױרן דעם מוט
Goblin Nogood Has Run Out of Clout
Jacob Glatstein
Translation by Jeffrey Shandler
A new translation of Jacob Glatstein's powerful and playful 1943 children's poem.
Nov 09, 2017
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אַ ייִדישע היסטאָריקערין פֿון לובלין
A Jewish Historian from Lublin
Jacob Glatstein
Translation by Sunny Yudkoff and Saul Noam Zaritt
Jacob Glatstein reminisces about the spa town of Nałęczów and about Bella Mandelsberg, a young historian he met there.
Jan 23, 2017
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דער מאַרש צו די גױים
The March to the Goyim
Jacob Glatstein
Translation by Saul Noam Zaritt
A no-holds-barred essay from Jacob Glatstein on publishing, translation, and world literature.
Jan 23, 2017
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סאַקאָ און וואַנזעטיס מאָנטיק
Sacco and Vanzetti’s Monday
Jacob Glatstein
Translation by Lawrence Rosenwald
A poem about Sacco and Vanzetti, originally published the day before their execution.
May 24, 2016
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קיביאַ
Qibya
Jacob Glatstein
Translation by Adi Mahalel
A new translation of Jacob Glatstein’s 1956 poem about the “Qibya affair.”
Feb 21, 2016