Texts & Translations

Hil­lel Zeitlin’s 1924 arti­cle on the lan­guage ques­tion pre­sent­ing a nov­el per­spec­tive: the cul­ti­va­tion of both Hebrew and Yid­dish is nec­es­sary to ensure the con­tin­ued flour­ish­ing of the Jew­ish people. 

Jan 20, 2019

Aaron Zeitlin’s poem about his father, Hil­lel Zeitlin 

Jan 11, 2017

Trans­la­tions of two let­ters by Zeitlin about Yavneh, one in Yid­dish from 1925 and one in Ara­ma­ic from 1928. 

Mar 08, 2016

A new­ly dis­cov­ered, undat­ed man­u­script signed by Hil­lel Zeitlin, in which he describes suc­cinct­ly and clear­ly the nature of Yavneh and its intend­ed function.

Mar 08, 2016

An excerpt from a pri­vate­ly pub­lished pam­phlet called Di teyve (די תּבֿה) that appeared in 1924, which out­lined the goals and prin­ci­ples of the Yavneh group.

Mar 08, 2016

An excerpt from a pri­vate­ly pub­lished pam­phlet called Di teyve (די תּבֿה) that appeared in 1924, which out­lined the goals and prin­ci­ples of the Yavneh group.

Mar 08, 2016

The fol­low­ing essay details the pro­posed con­crete steps for the for­ma­tion of Yavneh, a move­ment for the spir­i­tu­al regen­er­a­tion of Judaism and world Jew­ry, pub­lished in Der moment in 1923.

Mar 08, 2016

The fol­low­ing essay details the pro­posed con­crete steps for the for­ma­tion of Yavneh, a move­ment for the spir­i­tu­al regen­er­a­tion of Judaism and world Jew­ry, pub­lished in Der moment in 1923.

Mar 08, 2016

The fol­low­ing essay by Zeitlin is part three of his orig­i­nal call for the for­ma­tion of an elite Jew­ish spir­i­tu­al fra­ter­ni­ty, pub­lished in Der moment in 1923.

Mar 08, 2016

The fol­low­ing essay by Zeitlin is part two of his orig­i­nal call for the for­ma­tion of an elite Jew­ish spir­i­tu­al fra­ter­ni­ty, pub­lished in Der moment in 1923. 

Mar 08, 2016