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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מײדלעך, פֿרױען, װײַבער און...נבואה
Girls, Women, Ladies and... Prophecy
A translation of Kadya Molodowsky’s response to Melech Ravitsh’s article about women writers.
Dec 07, 2023
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מײדלעך, פֿרױען, װײַבער—ייִדישע דיכטערינס
Girls, Women, Ladies–Yiddish Poetesses
A translation of Melech Ravitsh’s “Meydelkh, froyen, vayber — yidishe dikhterins.”
Dec 07, 2023
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אַ פּאָר שעה אין פֿרױען־װעלט
A Few Hours in Women’s World
A translation of Chana Blankshteyn’s repotage on Sore Reyzn’s speech in the Women’s Union in March 1927.
Dec 07, 2023
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צו מײַן ברודער אַבֿרהם רײַזען
To My Brother Avrom Reisen
A translation of Sarah Reisen’s poem to her brother, Avrom.
Dec 07, 2023
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„מײַן טאַטע פֿאַרברענט מײַנע לידער“ און „דער שרײַבער־באַל...“
"My Father Burns My Poems" and "The Writer's Ball"
Translations of excerpts from Malka Lee’s memoir, Durkh kindershe oygn.
Dec 07, 2023
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װײַבעריקום טאַלאַנטיקום אײַנלײַטיגונגס
Womanistic Talentistic Introductionarium
A translation of Froym-Leyb Volfson’s satirical poem about women writers.
Dec 07, 2023
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אַן אָפֿענער בריװ צו יענטע סערדאַצקי
An Open Letter to Yente Serdatsky
A translation of Der lebediker’s satirical letter to Yente Serdatsky.
Dec 07, 2023
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פֿראַדל שטאָק
Fradl Shtok
A translation of Rokhl Auerbach’s review of Fradl Shtok’s short story collection.
Dec 07, 2023
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געשטאַלטן װאָס זוכן תּיקון: העלענאַ פֿראַנק
Figures in Need of Rehabilitation: Helena Frank
Aharon Varady profiles the first Yiddish-to-English translator, Helena Frank, drawing on archival sources and the translation of a tribute by Jacob Glatstein.
Nov 30, 2023
