by Miriam Udel Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s LiteratureEditor and translator, Miriam Udel. Foreword by Jack Zipes. With illustrations by Paula Cohen and original artists. NYU Press, 2020.ISBN-10 : 1479874132ISBN-13 : 978-1479874132 Imagine a rabbi who spends a sublime Sabbath in the desert hanging out with a friendly lion; a farm’s … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: Honey on the Page
#Yiddishlitmonth: Dineh
A Bildungsroman of a Different Sort: Ida Maze’s Dineh Reverberates Across the Decades by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub Dineh: An Autobiographical NovelBy Ida MazeTranslated and with an Afterword by Yermiyahu Ahron TaubForeward by Emma GarmanWhite Goat Press, 2022Paperback edition ISBN: 978-1-734872-9-2; Hardcover edition ISBN: 978-8-9852069-0-6; Ebook edition ISBN: 978-8-9852069-1-3 Dineh: An Autobiographical Novel by Ida Maze … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: Dineh
#Yiddishlitmonth: The Clever Little Tailor
by Jordan Kutzik The Clever Little Tailor by Solomon SimonTranslator: David FormanIllustrator: Yehuda BlumPublisher: Kinder-Loshn PublicationsBilingual English/Yiddish editionISBN: 1949217019Publication year: 2021Purchase: From the publisher, here, or from Amazon.com, here. Jordan Kutzik, publisher – Kinder-Loshn Publications In a small Jewish town in Poland, at a time when giants still roam the earth, yet people are just the … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: The Clever Little Tailor
#Yiddishlitmonth: Ode to the Dove
Building with the Sunlit Mind by Zackary Sholem Berger Ode to the Dove: A Yiddish Poem by Abraham Sutzkever By Avrom SutzkeverTranslated by Zackary Sholem BergerIllustrated by Liora Ostroff Publisher: Ben Yehuda Press (January 27, 2023)ISBN-10: 1953829503ISBN-13: 978-1953829504 One of the greatest Jewish poets of the 20th century, Avrom Sutzkever—who began his career in … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: Ode to the Dove
#Yiddishlitmonth: The Book of Paradise
by Robert Adler Peckerar The Book of Paradise: The Marvellous Life of Samuel Abba StrewthBy Itzik MangerTranslated with an introduction by Robert Adler PeckerarPushkin Press Classics, 2023ISBN: 978-1782279259Purchase the book Originally published as:דאָס בוך פון גן־עדן: די וווּנדערליכע לעבנסבאַשרייַבונגען פון שמואל אַבא אַבערוואָWydawnictwo Ch. Brzoza, 1939[Serialized as די וווּנדערליכע לעבנסבאַשרייַבונגען פון שמואל אַבא אַבערווא in … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: The Book of Paradise
#Yiddishlitmonth: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt
by David Stromberg Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt, Vol. I: The War Years, 1939-1945By Isaac Bashevis SingerTranslated and edited by David StrombergPublished by White Goat PressISBN 9798987707890Purchase the book Isaac Bashevis Singer, the only Yiddish writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the few Yiddish writers well known in English for … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt
#Yiddishlitmonth: May God Avenge Their Blood
“Refusing the Minefields: a Humanist Confronts Inhumanity,” Reflections on Rachmil Bryks’s May God Avenge Their Blood: a Holocaust Memoir Triptych. by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub May God Avenge Their Blood: a Holocaust Memoir TriptychBy Rachmil BryksTranslated by Yermiyahu Ahron TaubAfterwords by Belly Bryks Klein and Yermiyahu Ahron TaubLexington Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, 2020. … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: May God Avenge Their Blood
#Yiddishlitmonth: Meant to Be and Other Stories
by Faith Jones Meant to Be and Other Storiesby Shira GorshmanTranslated from the Yiddish by Faith JonesPublished by White Goat PressPurchase the book here “She was so gaunt I could see every vein through her transparent skin. She roamed Frunze for days on end. I didn’t dare say a thing. If it seemed to her … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: Meant to Be and Other Stories
#Yiddishlitmonth: From a Bird’s Cage to a Thin Branch
by Maia Evrona From a Bird’s Cage to a Thin Branch: The Selected Poems of Yosef KerlerBy Yosef KerlerTranslated and selected by Maia EvronaIntroduction by Dov-Ber KerlerBook and Cover design by Michael GrinleyYiddish typography design by Yankl SalantISBN 979-8-9852069-3-7White Goat Press Buy the book *** “Ukraine, Ukraine, oh, sweet singing,may my children’s children never know … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: From a Bird’s Cage to a Thin Branch
#Yiddishlitmonth: Underworld Trilogy
by Caraid O'Brien Sholem Asch Underworld Trilogy: God of Vengeance, Motke Thief, The Dead ManBy Sholem AschTranslated by Caraid O’BrienWhite Goat Press, 2023ISBN 979-8-9871609-9-2 Purchase Sholem Asch Underworld Trilogy here Original worksAsch Sholem, “Got fun nekome” and “Motke Ganev,” Dramatishe Shriftn, v. 3, Sholem Asch Committee, New York, 1922Asch, Sholem, “Der Toiter Mentsh,” Dramatishe Shriftn, … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: Underworld Trilogy
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