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
Selections from Neger-Dikhtung in Amerike (Negro-Poetry in America)
Eli Rosenblatt introduces three poems by African American women poets of the Harlem Renaissance, translated into Yiddish by Robert Magidoff for the 1936 anthology Neger-Dikhtung in America (Negro-Poetry in America), published in Moscow.
Jun 25, 2021
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
Texts & Translation
מידת־הדין
Harsh Judgment
Mides hadin (1929) is one of David Bergelson’s most innovative and experimental works. An aura of mystery infuses the opening chapter: three riders go out on an evening patrol that seems more like dream than reality.
Aug 14, 2015