Texts & Translations

Shachar Pinsker trans­lates a har­row­ing sto­ry of a Jew­ish Holo­caust sur­vivor and Pal­mach sol­dier’s con­fronta­tion with a Pales­tin­ian Arab. 

Nov 05, 2023

Mindy Liber­man trans­lates a sto­ry by Jacob Dine­zon about lit­tle Reyzele’s pan­ic over her moth­er’s labor.

Oct 19, 2023

A new Yid­dish poem by Ber Kotler­man, com­posed on Mot­sei Sim­chat Torah 5784, and trans­lat­ed by Jes­si­ca Kirzane. 

Oct 17, 2023

Dov Green­wood trans­lates Avrom Liess­in’s haunt­ing poem about faith and fear on Yom Kippur. 

Sep 20, 2023

Part 4 of a series excerpt­ed from Jon­ah Rosen­feld’s ​“Cholera.”

Jun 06, 2023

Part 3 of a series excerpt­ed from Rosen­feld’s ​“Cholera.”

Jun 05, 2023

Part 2 of a series excerpt­ed from Rosen­feld’s ​“Cholera.”

Jun 01, 2023

Intro­duc­ing the first install­ment of a four-part series excerpt­ed from Jon­ah Rosen­feld’s ​“Cholera.”

May 30, 2023

A trans­la­tion of Khone Shmeruk’s foun­da­tion­al arti­cle for the study of shund in Yid­dish literature.

Apr 21, 2023

Vivi Lachs trans­lates Katie Brown’s Bankrot, a fam­i­ly dra­ma set in Lon­don’s East End. 

Apr 18, 2023