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Jonah Lubin

Jonah Lubin is a PhD student in Comparative Literature at Harvard University. He is interested in the digital study of Yiddish literature, and is currently working on a database of translations into Yiddish. He is a former editorial intern at In geveb

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Introducing YiDraCor: a TEI-Encoded Corpus of Yiddish Drama

Jonah Lubin

On Sunday, October 29th, DraCor released its Yiddish corpus (YiDraCor), making these Yiddish plays highly machine readable and ready out-of-the-box for computational literary study.

Texts & Translation

דער טאַטע איז געקומען שלאָפֿן

Papa Came Home to Sleep

Mimi Pinzón

Translation by Jonah Lubin

A short story by Mimi Pinzón about a young girl growing up in an Argentine conventillo. 

Pedagogy

Tsugob: Urke Nachalnik on the Yiddish Stage

Jonah Lubin

Last spring we published Jon­ah Lubin’s overview and bibliography of “Master Criminal” Urke Nachalnik. Now, he has expanded this research to discuss how Urke Nachalnik was represented in popular Yiddish culture.

Pedagogy

Reconstructing the Bibliography of a “Master Criminal”

Jonah Lubin

Despite the popularity of Urke Nachalnik’s writings in interwar Poland, bibliographic resources on the figure have been scant, until now.

Texts & Translation

אַלף, בית,...

Alef, Beys . . .

Freed Weininger

Translation by Jonah Lubin

An alefbetical voyage into the cosmos, in Jonah Lubin’s alliterative translation

Pedagogy

Yiddish in ale lender! Yiddish Summer Programs Roundup 2020

Jonah Lubin

Looking to improve your Yiddish this summer? There are options all over the world, from traditional classroom-based programs to music festivals, and everything in between--and we’ve done the research so you don’t have to. 

Pedagogy

Invitation to Participate: Yiddish Student Survey

Jonah Lubin

Calling all students! Participate in our pedagogy poll.

Blog

Introducing Jonah Lubin, Editorial Intern

Jonah Lubin

Introducing the newest member of our editorial staff!

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