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
טעריטאָריאַליזם במזומן אָדער אויף באָרג
Territorialism: In Cash or on Credit?
Political theorist and Yiddishist Chaim Zhitlowsky weighs the deferred promise of territorialism against the needs of present.
Feb 02, 2016
Texts & Translation
די ייִדיש־אַנאַרכיסטישע באַוועגונג אין אַמעריקע
The Jewish Anarchist Movement in America
This chapter from Joseph Cohen’s memoir offers a rare glimpse into the American Jewish Anarchist circles of the early twentieth century.
Sep 29, 2015
Texts & Translation
וועגן דעם ווערט פֿון איבערזעצונגען
On the Worth of Translations
In this 1910 essay, Chaim Zhitlowsky examines how the translation of works of world literature into Yiddish can be a way to establish Yiddish as a kultur-shprakh, a language as modern and expressive as European languages.
Aug 11, 2015