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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מײַנע זכרונות פֿון דער מעדעם־סאַנאַטאָריע
My Recollections of the Medem Sanatorium
Organized by Bundists, the Medem Sanatorium specifically addressed the health and material and social problems of poor Jewish children.
Apr 29, 2026
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איציקל דער גאָלדקלאַפּער
Itzikl, der Goldklaper
A story by Meir Kucinski about goldklapers, itinerant gold-buying peddlers in Brazil, collaboratively translated by the members of the São Paolo–based Yidishe Trupe.
Mar 22, 2026
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דער װלאָצלאַװקער זייפֿנזידער און דער מעזריטשער זייגערמאַכער
The Włocławek Soap Maker and the Międzyrzec Watchmaker
In a fictionalized account of his experiences during World War II, Duvid Tsudek Zakalik writes of Purim 1941 in a Soviet labor camp.
Feb 27, 2026
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דער לץ
The Clown
Yonia Fain’s story follows an avant-garde theater troupe—and their clown—as the director casts the role of dictator in their next production.
Feb 27, 2026
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די טויבן פֿון סקװער
The Birds of the Square
Sholem Asch describes two Jewish immigrants finding a way to make a living on their own terms, as streetwalkers in London
Feb 08, 2026
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Yankev Morgenshtern
Manger memorializes the popular writer Yankev Morgenshtern (Jacob Morgenstern) in a fanciful biographical portrait.
Dec 09, 2025
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A Picture Speaks: A Page From a Diary
H. Leivick attempts to trace the elusive figure of a childhood friend in this short sketch.
Nov 03, 2025
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בײַ פֿאָרדן אין פֿאַבריק
In Ford’s Factory
Opatoshu reports on working conditions in a Ford factory in Detroit.
Oct 14, 2025
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אַ װאָרט אין דעם שטרײַט: ייִדיש, העברעיִש, שלום אַש
A Word in Edgewise: Yiddish, Hebrew, and Sholem Asch
Yisroel Rabon weighs in on language debates among Yiddishists in the wake of Sholem Asch’s visit to Palestine in 1936.
Jun 30, 2025