Items with the tag: yiddish | Jewish Book Council

Cover of The Podolian Nights

The Podolian Nights

Nachman of Bratslav; Jordan Finkin and Robert Adler Peckerar, trans.

Cover of Sweet Babe! A Jewish Grandma Kvells

Sweet Babe! A Jewish Grandma Kvells

Robin Rosenthal

Cover of 100 Objects from the Collections of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

100 Objects from the Collections of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Stefanie Halpern

Essay

Cheesecake and Real Estate

Mark Kurlansky

July 14, 2025

Cover of Laughing in Yiddish

Laughing in Yiddish

Essay

‘Radicle’ Entanglements: Recovering Jewish Women’s Folk Healing Knowledge

Deatra Cohen

June 2, 2025

Cover of My Childhood in Pieces: A Stand-Up Comedy, a Skokie Elegy

My Childhood in Pieces: A Stand-Up Comedy, a Skokie Elegy

Cover of So We Died: A Memoir of Life and Death in the Ghetto of Šiauliai, Lithuania

So We Died: A Memoir of Life and Death in the Ghetto of Šiauliai, Lithuania

Levi Shalit; Ellen Cassedy, trans.

Cover of Ben Hecht's Jewish Theatre of Protest

Ben Hecht’s Jewish Theatre of Protest

Recommended Reading

My Grandfather’s Stories: From the Shtetl to Chicago

Jamie Wendt

March 31, 2025

Cover of Sons and Daughters

Sons and Daughters

Chaim Grade; Rose Waldman, trans.

Excerpt

Excerpt: Sons and Daughters

Chaim Grade, Rose Waldman

March 24, 2025

Recommended Reading

The World of Chaim Grade: Books About Jewish Life in Pre-World War II Eastern Europe

Altie Karper

March 24, 2025

Cover of Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: A Spiritual Reappraisal 1946-1955

Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: A Spiritual Reappraisal 1946 – 1955

Isaac Bashevis Singer; David Stromberg, trans.

Interview

Unasked Questions: A Conversation with Mikołaj Grynberg and his English translator, Sean Gasper Bye

Madeleine Wulfahrt

January 13, 2025

Recommended Reading

JBC Bookshelf: Winter 2025

Kyra Lisse

November 10, 2024