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
An Excerpt from Mississippi
An excerpt from Leyb Malakh’s Yiddish-language play entitled Mississippi, which was written and performed for the first time in Warsaw in 1935.
Jun 25, 2021
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Selections from Neger-Dikhtung in Amerike (Negro-Poetry in America)
Eli Rosenblatt introduces three poems by African American women poets of the Harlem Renaissance, translated into Yiddish by Robert Magidoff for the 1936 anthology Neger-Dikhtung in America (Negro-Poetry in America), published in Moscow.
Jun 25, 2021
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A Life in Peril (Scenes from the South)
A short vignette, taken from a collection of children’s literature published in 1933, exploring anti-Black violence.
Jun 24, 2021
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גאָרנישט
“Gurnisht” Nothing
Zvee Scooler’s masterpiece on nothing at all.
Jun 11, 2021
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Tsilke the Wild: Part 18
A serialized translation of Zusman Segalovitsh’s 1922 novel.
Part 18 of 18 instalments.
May 14, 2021
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Tsilke the Wild: Part 17
A serialized translation of Zusman Segalovitsh’s 1922 novel.
Part 17 of 18 instalments.
May 14, 2021
Texts & Translation
Tsilke the Wild: Part 16
A serialized translation of Zusman Segalovitsh’s 1922 novel.
Part 16 of 18 instalments.
May 14, 2021
Texts & Translation
Tsilke the Wild: Part 15
A serialized translation of Zusman Segalovitsh’s 1922 novel.
Part 15 of 18 instalments.
May 13, 2021
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אַ וואָרט פֿון דער רעדאַקציע
“A Word from the Editors”
Intro to the 1941 anthology Der Kontinent.
May 02, 2021
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Tsilke the Wild: Part 14
A serialized translation of Zusman Segalovitsh’s 1922 novel.
Part 14 of 18 instalments.
May 01, 2021