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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באַגעגעניש מיט מרדכי געבירטיג
At Home with Mordecai Gebirtig
An extract from Rachmil Bryks’ memoir The Fugitives (New York, 1975)
Apr 15, 2020
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פֿעלד־קינדער
Children of the Field: A Passover Tale for the Year of #SederinPlace
A Passover tale of protective seclusion and ultimate hope.
Apr 05, 2020
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שרעק
Fear
A Short story from author, editor and activist Chana Blankshteyn.
Mar 30, 2020
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A Survey of New Jewish Literature
A 1921 article about Yiddish literature by Chinese scholar Mao Dun, which has served as a foundational piece for Yiddish Studies in China.
Mar 17, 2020
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דרײַ לידער
Three Poems
Three poems by Leyb Kvitko from his 1919 collection, Trit.
Mar 05, 2020
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פֿון לאַנד שװינדזוכט
From The Land of Consumption
Shloyme Gilbert’s haunting, atmospheric vignette based on his own experiences in a sanatorium.
Nov 13, 2019
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די באַלאַדע פֿון מײַן אומעט
My Tale of Woe
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern’s morbid, postmodernist ballad in a new, creative translation by Michael Shapiro.
Nov 08, 2019
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בײַטאָג אױפֿן אַלטן מאַרק
A Day in the Old Market
An Extract from Yakov Leshchinsky’s Di ekonomishe lage fun Yidn in Poyln.
Sep 25, 2019
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וועגן דער מאָהליווער שול: זכרונות
On the Mogilev Shul: Recollections
Recollections of a visit to a wooden synagogue in Mogilev by the great modernist artist El Lissitzky.
Jul 01, 2019
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מאַקס ליבערמאַן
Max Liebermann
Milgroym founder Rachel Wischnitzer’s portrait of painter Max Liebermann (1847 – 1935) on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday.
Jul 01, 2019