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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ייִדישיסטן
Yiddishists
A humoristic monologue from Der Tunkeler about Yiddishism.
Mar 20, 2019
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דער גורל פֿון אונדזערע ייִדישיסטישע שולן
The Fate of Our Yiddishist Schools (Part 2)
Part 2 of Solomon Simon’s insider’s view of the crisis in the Yiddish schools following World War II.
Feb 16, 2018
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דער גורל פֿון אונדזערע ייִדישיסטישע שולן
The Fate of Our Yiddishist Schools (Part 1)
Solomon Simon’s insider’s view of the crisis in the Yiddish schools following World War II.
Feb 16, 2018
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ייִדן און ייִדיש
Essays on Yiddishism
Best known for his call to found a university-level institution devoted to Ashkenazic culture, which helped to lead to the founding of YIVO, Nokhem Shtif develops his arguments for Yiddishism in these excerpts from his 1920 work, “Yiddish and the Jews.”
Oct 04, 2015