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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די שמוגלערין
The Smuggler Girl
A gripping story by Rosa Palatnik about a girl smuggling goods over the Galician border.
May 16, 2025
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בײַטאָג אױפֿן אַלטן מאַרק
A Day in the Old Market
An Extract from Yakov Leshchinsky’s Di ekonomishe lage fun Yidn in Poyln.
Sep 25, 2019
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ייִדישע שטעטלעך פֿון פּוילן
Jewish Towns of Poland
The opening section of a Grade’s collection Shayn fun farloshene shtern (Shine of Extinguished Stars, 1950).
Mar 25, 2019
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דער רבי ר' בעריש בעל־תּשובֿה פֿון קראָקע
The Rebbe R. Berish Bal-tshuve of Krakow
1931 newspaper article by the Polish Jewish historian Meir Bałaban concerning the curious Hasidic figure known as Berish Bal-tshuve
Feb 27, 2019