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
ייִדישע קינסטלער אין דער הײַנטיקער רוסישער קונסט
Jewish Artists in Contemporary Russian Art
Henryk Berlewi's 1922 essay on Jewish art in Russia, published in Milgroym.
Feb 05, 2018
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דער טױער־מאָטיװ אין דער בוך־קונסט
The Motif of the Porch
Milgroym editor Rachel Wischnitzer’s essay on illustrated Hebrew manuscripts
Jun 06, 2018
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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
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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
Texts & Translation
The Yiddish Life of Chaim Soutine (1893-1943): New Materials
A selection of short texts shedding light on the biography of artist Chaim Soutine, translated and with an introductory essay by Ofer Dynes.
Apr 27, 2020