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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אין דער צוקונפֿט־שטאָט עדעניאַ —2
In the Future City of Edenia (Part 2)
The second part of Zingman’s Futuristic Utopian Novella
Apr 21, 2019
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אין דער צוקונפֿט־שטאָט עדעניאַ —1
In the Future City of Edenia (Part 1)
Zingman’s Futuristic Utopian Novella
Apr 21, 2019
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ייִדישע שטעטלעך פֿון פּוילן
Jewish Towns of Poland
The opening section of a Grade’s collection Shayn fun farloshene shtern (Shine of Extinguished Stars, 1950).
Mar 25, 2019
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ייִדישיסטן
Yiddishists
A humoristic monologue from Der Tunkeler about Yiddishism.
Mar 20, 2019
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שאַך־מאַט
Checkmate
An extract from Mordkhe Wolfshaut-Dinkes’s holocaust memoir.
Mar 04, 2019
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דער רבי ר' בעריש בעל־תּשובֿה פֿון קראָקע
The Rebbe R. Berish Bal-tshuve of Krakow
1931 newspaper article by the Polish Jewish historian Meir Bałaban concerning the curious Hasidic figure known as Berish Bal-tshuve
Feb 27, 2019
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אַ ביסל קלאָרקייט און פּשטות אין דער שפּראַכן־פֿראַגע
A Bit of Clarity and Simplicity in Regard to the Language Question
Hillel Zeitlin’s 1924 article on the language question presenting a novel perspective: the cultivation of both Hebrew and Yiddish is necessary to ensure the continued flourishing of the Jewish people.
Jan 20, 2019
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כּתר: פֿראַגמענטן פֿון אַ ראַפּסאָדיע
Keter: Fragments of a Rhapsody
Zeitlin’s kabbalistic poem offers a stunning, yet difficult, fusion of Yiddish expressionism and futurism on the one hand, and mystical and messianic thought on the other.
Nov 29, 2018
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לעצטע מעשׂים־טובֿים פֿון אַ טאָמײטע
A Tomato's Last Good Deeds
If you thought Shloyme Gilbert’s “Monologue of a Dog” was strange, wait until you read Getsl Selikovitsh’s tomato monologue.
Nov 21, 2018