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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מיטן פּנים צו דער צוקונפֿט
Facing the Future: Reflecting on Fifty Years of Zionism and the Bund
Leivick Hodes writes, in Madeleine Cohen’s translation, of the trajectory of the Bund and other political movements in 1947, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Bund and Zionism.
Jun 11, 2026
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ביאָגראַפֿיע פֿון "אחד הרבנים המרגישים"
Biography of “One of the Sensitive Rabbis” (Part 3)
The third part of an autobiographical essay of Rabbi Aaron Shmuel Tamares, AKA “One of the Sensitive Rabbis”
May 10, 2017
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ביאָגראַפֿיע פֿון "אחד הרבנים המרגישים"
Biography of “One of the Sensitive Rabbis” (Part 2)
The second part of an autobiographical essay of Rabbi Aaron Shmuel Tamares, AKA “One of the Sensitive Rabbis”
May 01, 2017
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ביאָגראַפֿיע פֿון "אחד הרבנים המרגישים"
Biography of “One of the Sensitive Rabbis” (Part 1)
An autobiographical essay of Rabbi Aaron Shmuel Tamares, AKA “One of the Sensitive Rabbis”
Apr 24, 2017
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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