- Five works from our collections that show representations of black struggle in the pages of Yiddish literature—from the June 2020 issue of the Weekly Reader.
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- Ted Steinberg, Distinguished Teaching Professor at SUNY Fredonia, expresses his frustration about the absence of Yiddish literature in anthologies of world literature, and affirms the necessity of keeping these texts alive by reading them.
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- Marek Tuszewicki, a Yiddish teacher at Krakow JCC, talks about his love for literature kindled through the Yiddish language.
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- Sara Israel, former Yiddish Book Center fellow, discusses her work on translation and the importance of making Yiddish literature accessible.
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- Israel Milkow, a retired IT professional, describes his first experiences of reading classic Yiddish literature in a place where it was forbidden: the yeshiva (traditional Jewish religious school).
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- Childhood Yiddish speaker, Marilyn Cassotta, recalls how she fell in love with Yiddish through reading the greats of Yiddish literature. She describes the beauty and possibilities she found in the language through reading and how much it meant to...
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- Abraham Lichtenbaum - Yiddish teacher and director of the IWO (YIVO, Yiddish Research Institute) in Buenos Aires, Argentina - tells how his father was often given Yiddish books as gifts - and describes the first book he, himself, was given.
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- Rena Trefman Cobrinik, writer and educator, fondly remembers attending Yiddishe Shule. She recites a poem and sings a song she learned during this rich, educational experience.
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- By supporting our Translation Initiative, you’re helping us train a new generation of Yiddish-to-English translators and bring newly translated Yiddish works to more readers.
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- Ted Steinberg, Distinguished Teaching Professor at SUNY Fredonia, speaks about his current project of getting Yiddish literature recognized as world literature and the connections to the great Yiddish writers and the Western Canon.
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