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    Yiddish

    Cover of Sons and Daughters
    Fic­tion
    Sons and Daughters
    Chaim Grade; Rose Waldman, trans.
    Cover of Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: A Spiritual Reappraisal 1946-1955
    Non­fic­tion
    Writ­ings on Yid­dish and Yid­dishkayt: A Spir­i­tu­al Reap­praisal 1946 – 1955
    Isaac Bashe­vis Singer; David Stromberg, trans.
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    Fic­tion
    Desires
    Celia Dropkin; Anita Norich, trans.
    Cover of The Schlemiel Kids Save the Moon
    Chil­dren’s
    The Schlemiel Kids Save the Moon
    Audrey Barbakoff; Rotem Teplow, illus.
    Interview

    ‘Lan­guage Is Always in Motion’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Han­nah Pollin-Galay

    Isado­ra Kianovsky 
    September 16, 2024
    Cover of Poem by Poem, Fable by Fable: Discovering My Father and Learning His Language
    Non­fic­tion
    Poem by Poem, Fable by Fable: Dis­cov­er­ing My Father and Learn­ing His Language
    Anna Miran­sky
    Cover of Ruby Finkelman Finds the Real Magic
    Chil­dren’s
    Ruby Finkel­man Finds the Real Magic
    Mike King
    Essay

    The Ghost at the Feast: Writ­ing in the Shad­ow of Yiddish

    Toby Lloyd
    March 25, 2024
    Cover of Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: The War Years, 1939-1945
    Non­fic­tion
    Writ­ings on Yid­dish and Yid­dishkayt: The War Years, 1939 – 1945
    Isaac Bashevis Singer; David Stromberg, trans.
    Cover of The Inheritance (Yurusha): An Autobiography
    Non­fic­tion
    The Inher­i­tance (Yurusha): An Autobiography
    Israel Rosen Edited by Elliot Rosen
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    Chil­dren’s
    A Book About Bubkes
    Leslie Kimmelman; Roxana de Rond, illus.
    Cover of The Dissident
    Fic­tion
    The Dis­si­dent
    Paul Gold­berg
    Cover of Seven Good Years: A Yiddish Folktale
    Chil­dren’s
    Sev­en Good Years: A Yid­dish Folktale
    Shoham Smith; Eitan Eloa, illus., Ilana Kurshan, trans.
    Interview

    Poet­ry, Exper­i­ments with Yid­dish, Grief, and New Facts: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Ire­na Klepfisz

    Julie R. Enszer 
    January 2, 2023
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    Fic­tion
    Leav­ing East­ern Parkway
    Matthew Daub
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    From a Dis­tant Relation
    Mikhah Yosef Berdichevsky; James Adam Redfield, ed. and trans.
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