“briv funem arkhiv”

A lyrical essay on relationships between a translator and previous generations: Liba Augenfeld, a native Yiddish speaker who lived in Vilna before the Holocaust and could share linguistic and cultural knowledge she knew first hand, and the translator’s own mother who had a conflicted relationship with Yiddish.

We invite submissions to a special issue of In geveb that focus on the Yiddish press beyond the usual confines of the printed word.

Sholem Asch describes two Jewish immigrants finding a way to make a living on their own terms, as streetwalkers in London

As we head into our summer publishing break, we reflect on the past year and welcome your contributions for next fall. Most of all, we thank you for being a part of our In geveb community.