“folklore”
Interview
“Incomplete Mourning”: A conversation with Rokhl Kafrissen
Jonathan L. Green and Rokhl Kafrissen
A conversation about Yiddish, theater, the value we place on the past, and the need to grapple with it.
Jun 05, 2025
Texts & Translation
די שלאַנג
The Snake
Yitzkhok Horowitz
Translation by Ollie Elkus
An excerpt from Yitzkhok Horowitz's Mayn Tatns Kretshme
Dec 09, 2021
Interview
“Nothing’s of use to me, except this little song”: Norbert Hirschhorn Reimagines Yiddish Song
Saul Noam Zaritt
A new volume of poetry that re-imagines Yiddish folk song as confession, political protest, and playful soundscape.
Apr 05, 2016