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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אױסלאַנד: מײַנע באַגעגענישן
Abroad: My Encounters
Extract from Mokdoni’s memoir recounting his memories of Rabbi Yaakov Meir Zalkind.
May 06, 2019
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אַ שטיקעלע ברויט
A Crumb of Bread
A new translation of David Edelshtat’s proletarian poem a shtikele broyt.
Apr 30, 2019
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אין דער צוקונפֿט־שטאָט עדעניאַ —3
In the Future City of Edenia (Part 3)
The third part of Zingman’s Futuristic Utopian Novella
Apr 21, 2019
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אין דער צוקונפֿט־שטאָט עדעניאַ —2
In the Future City of Edenia (Part 2)
The second part of Zingman’s Futuristic Utopian Novella
Apr 21, 2019
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אין דער צוקונפֿט־שטאָט עדעניאַ —1
In the Future City of Edenia (Part 1)
Zingman’s Futuristic Utopian Novella
Apr 21, 2019
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ייִדישע שטעטלעך פֿון פּוילן
Jewish Towns of Poland
The opening section of a Grade’s collection Shayn fun farloshene shtern (Shine of Extinguished Stars, 1950).
Mar 25, 2019
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ייִדישיסטן
Yiddishists
A humoristic monologue from Der Tunkeler about Yiddishism.
Mar 20, 2019
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שאַך־מאַט
Checkmate
An extract from Mordkhe Wolfshaut-Dinkes’s holocaust memoir.
Mar 04, 2019