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Essay Speaking Backwards Earlier this week, Harry Brod wrote about a couple of sayings with which he disagrees and why he always has a valid passport. He will be blogging here all week… Harry Brod December 19, 2012
Essay A Yiddishist in Vilnius Steve Stern’s most recent book, The Book of Mischief, is now available. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.I had fun in… Steve Stern September 4, 2012
Poetry Drunk From the Bitter Truth: The Poems of Anna Margoloin Anna Margolin, Shirley Kumove, trans.
Fiction Radiant Days, Haunted Nights: Great Tales From the Treasury of Yiddish Folk Literature Joachim Neugroschel, ed. and trans.
Nonfiction The Association of Jewish Libraries Guide to Yiddish Short Stories Bennett Muraskin
Recommended Reading Yiddish Flashcards Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn honor of the publication of Leela Corman’s Unterzakhn today, Schocken Books created some handy Yiddish flashcards. We’ve… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 3, 2012
Fiction Arguing with the Storm: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers Rhea Tregebov, ed.; Kathryn Hellerstein, intro.
