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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מײדלעך, פֿרױען, װײַבער—ייִדישע דיכטערינס
Girls, Women, Ladies–Yiddish Poetesses
A translation of Melech Ravitsh’s “Meydelkh, froyen, vayber—yidishe dikhterins.”
Dec 07, 2023
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מײדלעך, פֿרױען, װײַבער און...נבואה
Girls, Women, Ladies and... Prophecy
A translation of Kadya Molodowsky’s response to Melech Ravitsh’s article about women writers.
Dec 07, 2023
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פֿראַדל שטאָק
Fradl Shtok
A translation of Rokhl Auerbach’s review of Fradl Shtok’s short story collection.
Dec 07, 2023
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געשטאַלטן װאָס זוכן תּיקון: העלענאַ פֿראַנק
Figures in Need of Rehabilitation: Helena Frank
Aharon Varady profiles the first Yiddish-to-English translator, Helena Frank, drawing on archival sources and the translation of a tribute by Jacob Glatstein.
Nov 30, 2023
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פֿאַרגעס נישט
Don't Forget
Shachar Pinsker translates a harrowing story of a Jewish Holocaust survivor and Palmach soldier’s confrontation with a Palestinian Arab.
Nov 05, 2023
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אַ נאַריש קינד
A Foolish Child
Mindy Liberman translates a story by Jacob Dinezon about little Reyzele’s panic over her mother’s labor.
Oct 19, 2023
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וְהָיָה הָעולָם
New Creation
A new Yiddish poem by Ber Kotlerman, composed on Motsei Simchat Torah 5784, and translated by Jessica Kirzane.
Oct 17, 2023
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יום־כּיפּור אין שול
Yom Kippur in Synagogue
Dov Greenwood translates Avrom Liessin’s haunting poem about faith and fear on Yom Kippur.
Sep 20, 2023
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די כאָלערע
Cholera, Part 4
Part 4 of a series excerpted from Jonah Rosenfeld’s “Cholera.”
Jun 06, 2023