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
לינטשערײַ
A Lynching
The gritty, and controversial 1920s account of a lynching by Joseph Opatoshu.
Jun 21, 2016
Texts & Translation
סאַקאָ און וואַנזעטיס מאָנטיק
Sacco and Vanzetti’s Monday
A poem about Sacco and Vanzetti, originally published the day before their execution.
May 24, 2016
Texts & Translation
דער פֿערציקיעריקער מאַן
The Forty-Year-Old Man
New translations of four sections from Markish’s book-length modernist poem.
May 18, 2016