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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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
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די גרינע עפּעלעך פֿון גן־עדן
Green Apples from the Garden of Eden
From Boris Sandler’s 1997 collection Toyern (Gateways): a story in which an immigrant’s reminiscences are so vivid they all but blur the border between dreams and time travel.
Oct 24, 2018
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הונגער: אַ מאָנאָלאָג פֿון אַ הונט
Hunger: Monologue of a Dog
Shloyme Gilbert’s tale of hardship and alienation, narrated by a dog.
Jun 18, 2018
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ברוך דיין אמת
Blessed is the True Judge
A short story from Leon Kobrin’s 1903 collection Geto dramen.
May 30, 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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דער חובֿ
The Debt
An exclusive extract from Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories by Blume Lempel.
Sep 25, 2016
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לינטשערײַ
A Lynching
The gritty, and controversial 1920s account of a lynching by Joseph Opatoshu.
Jun 21, 2016
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רב דוד
Reb Dovid
A young woman struggles with her relationship to her father and to her future as an “old maid” in this new translation of Jonah Rosenfeld’s story.
Dec 15, 2015