Texts & Translations
New translations into English of Yiddish language materials including poetry, stories, essays, and archival materials of all kinds. Original Yiddish texts are presented in a standardized orthography and are fully searchable.
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פֿון לאַנד שװינדזוכט
From The Land of Consumption
Shloyme Gilbert’s haunting, atmospheric vignette based on his own experiences in a sanatorium.
Nov 13, 2019
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די באַלאַדע פֿון מײַן אומעט
My Tale of Woe
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern’s morbid, postmodernist ballad in a new, creative translation by Michael Shapiro.
Nov 08, 2019
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בײַטאָג אױפֿן אַלטן מאַרק
A Day in the Old Market
An Extract from Yakov Leshchinsky’s Di ekonomishe lage fun Yidn in Poyln.
Sep 25, 2019
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וועגן דער מאָהליווער שול: זכרונות
On the Mogilev Shul: Recollections
Recollections of a visit to a wooden synagogue in Mogilev by the great modernist artist El Lissitzky.
Jul 01, 2019
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מאַקס ליבערמאַן
Max Liebermann
Milgroym founder Rachel Wischnitzer’s portrait of painter Max Liebermann (1847–1935) on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday.
Jul 01, 2019
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אױסלאַנד: מײַנע באַגעגענישן
Abroad: My Encounters
Extract from Mokdoni’s memoir recounting his memories of Rabbi Yaakov Meir Zalkind.
May 06, 2019
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אַ שטיקעלע ברויט
A Crumb of Bread
A new translation of David Edelshtat’s proletarian poem a shtikele broyt.
Apr 30, 2019
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אין דער צוקונפֿט־שטאָט עדעניאַ —3
In the Future City of Edenia (Part 3)
The third part of Zingman’s Futuristic Utopian Novella
Apr 21, 2019