“humor”
Texts & Translation
דער לץ
The Clown
Yonia Fain
Translation by Nicholas Heskes
Yonia Fain's story follows an avant-garde theater troupe—and their clown—as the director casts the role of dictator in their next production.
Feb 27, 2026
Blog
New Yiddish Productions on Broadway
We're restoring some Broadway musicals to their intended Yiddish originals.
Mar 20, 2019
Texts & Translation
ייִדישיסטן
Yiddishists
Der Tunkeler
Translation by Ri J. Turner
A humoristic monologue from Der Tunkeler about Yiddishism.
Mar 20, 2019
Blog
Medal Tally for Team Yiddishland at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
The Editors
Feb 27, 2018
Pedagogy
Teaching Guide for "Invitation to Participate: Teaching with Sholem Aleichem," by The Editors
Jessica Kirzane
Feb 27, 2018
Blog
Announcing: Breytbord Nayes
The Editors
All the news that isn't fit for anyone to read, ever.
Mar 09, 2017
Texts & Translation
Yiddish Literature 100% Translated
Breaking News: Stop Translating!
Mar 09, 2017
Pedagogy
Yiddish Overtakes English as Most Widely Taught Language in the World
Breaking fake news! Yiddish most taught language in world.
Mar 09, 2017
Blog
Introducing YiddishSpa! A New Yiddish Program for Summer 2017
Dory Fox
In geveb announces the opening of a new summer sanatorium, for Yiddishists looking to improve their language skills while taking the cure.
Mar 09, 2017
Review
Miriam Udel’s Never Better! The Modern Jewish Picaresque
Matthew Johnson
Miriam Udel's new book travels with the genre of the picaresque from the shtetl to the USA to the USSR and brings it into the twentieth century.
Oct 19, 2016
Pedagogy
The Jew Box: An Interview with Eddy Portnoy
Sarah Ellen Zarrow
Sarah Zarrow interviews Eddy Portnoy about Yiddish pedagogy, jokers, and braiding khale.
Apr 14, 2016
Blog
Bernie Sanders redt af yidish
The Editors
Bernie Sanders, Democratic forerunner, speaks out on behalf of Yiddish underdogs.
Mar 23, 2016