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

The History of "Shund" Literature in Yiddish

A trans­la­tion of Khone Shmeruk’s foun­da­tion­al arti­cle for the study of shund in Yid­dish literature.

Texts & Translation

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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