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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איך װאָלט געאװאָלט אַמאָל דײַן מאַמען זען
I Would Have Liked to See Your Mother Once
Reflections on motherhood in its absence - in time for Mother’s Day.
May 09, 2025
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קערנדלעך װײץ
Grains of Wheat
A new, dynamic translation of Abraham Sutzkever’s poem about the burial and regeneration of “the Jewish word.”
Jan 06, 2025
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די זילבערנע לײַכטערס
The Silver Candlesticks
Sonia Gollance translates Arciszewska’s poem about Yom Kippur candles and postwar memory.
Oct 08, 2024
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ס’געוויין פֿון הונגעריקע קינדער
The Cry of Hungry Children
Tal Hever-Chybowski translates Yoysef Papyernikov’s “The Cry of Hungry Children” for In geveb’s ongoing series on Yiddish literary responses to the war.
Jun 10, 2024
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צו מײַן ברודער אַבֿרהם רײזען
To My Brother Avrom Reisen
A translation of Sarah Reisen’s poem to her brother, Avrom.
Dec 07, 2023
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וְהָיָה הָעולָם
New Creation
A new Yiddish poem by Ber Kotlerman, composed on Motsei Simchat Torah 5784, and translated by Jessica Kirzane.
Oct 17, 2023
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יום־כּיפּור אין שול
Yom Kippur in Synagogue
Dov Greenwood translates Avrom Liessin’s haunting poem about faith and fear on Yom Kippur.
Sep 20, 2023
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פּאַריז
Paris
Annabel Cohen translates Abraham Sutzkever’s poem, “Paris.”
Dec 06, 2022