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.
Texts & Translation
ברוך דיין אמת
Blessed is the True Judge
A short story from Leon Kobrin’s 1903 collection Geto dramen.
May 30, 2018
Texts & Translation
בינטשע די צדקתטע אָדער די אײַנגעפֿאַלענע באָד
Bintshe the Tsadeykeste or The Demolished Bathhouse
A new translation of a nineteenth century chapbook detailing the comic adventures of a woman named Bintshe and her mission to save a dilapidated bathhouse.
May 05, 2016
Texts & Translation
טאַגעבוך פֿון אַן עלנטער מיידל אָדער: דער קאַמף קעגן פֿרײַער ליבע
Diary of a Lonely Girl or the Battle Against Free Love, Part 2
The continued adventures of Miriam Karpilove’s “Lonely Girl” in a new translation by Jessica Kirzane
Jan 20, 2016
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טאַגעבוך פֿון אַן עלנטער מיידל אָדער: דער קאַמף קעגן פֿרײַער ליבע
Diary of a Lonely Girl or the Battle Against Free Love, Part 1
A young woman in New York struggles with the ideals of romantic love.
Jan 11, 2016