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Items with the tag:

yiddish

Cover of Desires
Fic­tion
Desires
Celia Dropkin; Anita Norich, trans.
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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 Occupied Words: What the Holocaust Did to Yiddish
Non­fic­tion
Occu­pied Words: What the Holo­caust Did to Yiddish
Han­nah Pollin-Galay
Cover of The Last of the Light
Fic­tion
The Last of the Light
Alexan­der Shalom Joseph
Cover of Feh: A Memoir
Non­fic­tion
Feh: A Memoir
Shalom Aus­lan­der
Cover of A Plague of Cholera and Other Stories
Fic­tion
A Plague of Cholera and Oth­er Stories
Jonah Rosenfeld; Rachel Mines, trans.
Cover of Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan's Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants
Chil­dren’s
Amaz­ing Abe: How Abra­ham Cahan’s News­pa­per Gave a Voice to Jew­ish Immigrants
Norman H. Finkelstein; Vesper Stamper, illus.
Cover of Unexpected Passages, 1940-41
Non­fic­tion
Unex­pect­ed Pas­sages, 1940 – 41 
Rachel Scheer
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
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Writ­ings on Yid­dish and Yid­dishkayt: The War Years, 1939 – 1945
Isaac Bashevis Singer; David Stromberg, trans.
Cover of A Revolution in Type: Gender and the Making of the American Yiddish Press
Non­fic­tion
A Rev­o­lu­tion in Type: Gen­der and the Mak­ing of the Amer­i­can Yid­dish Press
Ayelet Brinn
Essay

Revis­it­ing Amer­i­can Yid­dish Journalism

Ayelet Brinn
November 13, 2023
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Excerpt: The Golem of Brooklyn

Adam Mans­bach
October 2, 2023
Cover of Blessed Hands: Stories
Fic­tion
Blessed Hands: Stories
Frume Halpern; Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, trans
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Non­fic­tion
The Inher­i­tance (Yurusha): An Autobiography
Israel Rosen Edited by Elliot Rosen
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