“Places”
Blog
Before Birobidzhan
Yevgeniy Fiks
Yevgeniy Fiks visits Birobidzhan, and refuses nostalgia and mourning on his return.
May 07, 2018
Blog
Where Text Meets Sweat: Reading Yiddish Utopia in the Utah Landscape
Erin Faigin
Erin Faigin asks utopian questions in Clarion, Utah, the site of a former Yiddish agricultural colony.
Dec 27, 2017
Blog
Vilne? Vilna? Wilno? Vilnius?: Place Names in Yiddish
Ben Sadock, Samuel Spinner and Sarah Ellen Zarrow
Our editorial team discusses/debates our guidelines for translating and transliterating place names from the Yiddish.
Mar 20, 2016