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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מיטן פּנים צו דער צוקונפֿט
Facing the Future: Reflecting on Fifty Years of Zionism and the Bund
Leivick Hodes writes, in Madeleine Cohen’s translation, of the trajectory of the Bund and other political movements in 1947, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Bund and Zionism.
Jun 11, 2026
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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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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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דער גורל פֿון אונדזערע ייִדישיסטישע שולן
The Fate of Our Yiddishist Schools (Part 2)
Part 2 of Solomon Simon’s insider’s view of the crisis in the Yiddish schools following World War II.
Feb 16, 2018
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דער גורל פֿון אונדזערע ייִדישיסטישע שולן
The Fate of Our Yiddishist Schools (Part 1)
Solomon Simon’s insider’s view of the crisis in the Yiddish schools following World War II.
Feb 16, 2018
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ביאָגראַפֿיע פֿון "אחד הרבנים המרגישים"
Biography of “One of the Sensitive Rabbis” (Part 3)
The third part of an autobiographical essay of Rabbi Aaron Shmuel Tamares, AKA “One of the Sensitive Rabbis”
May 10, 2017
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ביאָגראַפֿיע פֿון "אחד הרבנים המרגישים"
Biography of “One of the Sensitive Rabbis” (Part 2)
The second part of an autobiographical essay of Rabbi Aaron Shmuel Tamares, AKA “One of the Sensitive Rabbis”
May 01, 2017
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ביאָגראַפֿיע פֿון "אחד הרבנים המרגישים"
Biography of “One of the Sensitive Rabbis” (Part 1)
An autobiographical essay of Rabbi Aaron Shmuel Tamares, AKA “One of the Sensitive Rabbis”
Apr 24, 2017
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דער מאַרש צו די גױים
The March to the Goyim
A no-holds-barred essay from Jacob Glatstein on publishing, translation, and world literature.
Jan 23, 2017