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Interview
Confessions of a Yiddish Writer and Other Essays: An Interview with Goldie Morgentaler
Matthew Johnson and Corbin Allardice
Matthew Johnson and Corbin Allardice talk with Goldie Morgentaler, Chava Rosenfarb’s daughter and editor and translator of a recently published collection of Rosenfarb's essays.
Jan 27, 2020
Texts & Translation
וועגן דער מאָהליווער שול: זכרונות
On the Mogilev Shul: Recollections
El Lissitzky
Translation by Madeleine Cohen
Recollections of a visit to a wooden synagogue in Mogilev by the great modernist artist El Lissitzky.
Jul 01, 2019
Texts & Translation
דער טױער־מאָטיװ אין דער בוך־קונסט
The Motif of the Porch
Rachel Wischnitzer
Translation by Rachelle Grossman and Saul Noam Zaritt
Milgroym editor Rachel Wischnitzer's essay on illustrated Hebrew manuscripts
Jun 06, 2018
Texts & Translation
דער גורל פֿון אונדזערע ייִדישיסטישע שולן
The Fate of Our Yiddishist Schools (Part 2)
Solomon Simon
Translation by David Forman
Part 2 of Solomon Simon's insider’s view of the crisis in the Yiddish schools following World War II.
Feb 16, 2018
Texts & Translation
דער גורל פֿון אונדזערע ייִדישיסטישע שולן
The Fate of Our Yiddishist Schools (Part 1)
Solomon Simon
Translation by David Forman
Solomon Simon's insider’s view of the crisis in the Yiddish schools following World War II.
Feb 16, 2018
Texts & Translation
ביאָגראַפֿיע פֿון "אחד הרבנים המרגישים"
Biography of “One of the Sensitive Rabbis” (Part 3)
Aaron Shmuel Tamares
Translation by Ri J. Turner
The third part of an autobiographical essay of Rabbi Aaron Shmuel Tamares, AKA "One of the Sensitive Rabbis"
May 10, 2017
Texts & Translation
ביאָגראַפֿיע פֿון "אחד הרבנים המרגישים"
Biography of “One of the Sensitive Rabbis” (Part 2)
Aaron Shmuel Tamares
Translation by Ri J. Turner
The second part of an autobiographical essay of Rabbi Aaron Shmuel Tamares, AKA "One of the Sensitive Rabbis"
May 01, 2017
Texts & Translation
ביאָגראַפֿיע פֿון "אחד הרבנים המרגישים"
Biography of “One of the Sensitive Rabbis” (Part 1)
Aaron Shmuel Tamares
Translation by Ri J. Turner
An autobiographical essay of Rabbi Aaron Shmuel Tamares, AKA "One of the Sensitive Rabbis"
Apr 24, 2017
Texts & Translation
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
Texts & Translation
Indecent Language, Sex, and Censorship in Literature
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Translation by Mirra Ginsburg and B. Chertoff
Edited by David Stromberg
Previously unpublished translations of two essays by Bashevis on censorship of literature, presented in a new edited version by David Stromberg.
Oct 25, 2015
Blog
What was the kultur-tuer?
Ross Perlin
A portrait of the kultur-tuer, Moyshe Shtarkman (1906-1975), the activist engaged in the day-to-day moments that materially and intellectually make Yiddish culture.
Aug 13, 2015