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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שרעק
Fear
A Short story from author, editor and activist Chana Blankshteyn.
Mar 30, 2020
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דער טױער־מאָטיװ אין דער בוך־קונסט
The Motif of the Porch
Milgroym editor Rachel Wischnitzer’s essay on illustrated Hebrew manuscripts
Jun 06, 2018
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באַלײדיקט
Wounded
A new translation of Malka Lee’s “Baleydikt” from her 1932 collection Lider.
May 01, 2018
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אַ טאַנץ
A Dance
A sweatshop worker finds temporary respite from reality at a relative's wedding.
Dec 03, 2017
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"איר שמייכל", "אַ מענטש"
"Her Smile" and "A Man"
New translations of two poems from Anna Margolin’s lider.
Nov 08, 2016
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דער חובֿ
The Debt
An exclusive extract from Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories by Blume Lempel.
Sep 25, 2016