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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רויך

Smoke

A standalone poem by Jacob Glatstein

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נישגוט־לאַפּיטוט האָט פֿאַרלױרן דעם מוט

Goblin Nogood Has Run Out of Clout

A new translation of Jacob Glatstein's powerful and playful 1943 children's poem.

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אַ ייִדישע היסטאָריקערין פֿון לובלין

A Jewish Historian from Lublin

Jacob Glat­stein rem­i­nisces about the spa town of Nałęczów and about Bel­la Man­dels­berg, a young his­to­ri­an he met there. 

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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. 

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סאַקאָ און וואַנזעטיס מאָנטיק

Sacco and Vanzetti’s Monday

A poem about Sac­co and Vanzetti, orig­i­nal­ly pub­lished the day before their execution. 

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קיביאַ

Qibya

A new trans­la­tion of Jacob Glat­stein’s 1956 poem about the Qibya affair.” 

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