Texts & Translations

A story by Meir Kucinski about goldklapers, itinerant gold-buying peddlers in Brazil, collaboratively translated by the members of the São Paolo–based Yidishe Trupe.

Mar 22, 2026

In a fictionalized account of his experiences during World War II, Duvid Tsudek Zakalik writes of Purim 1941 in a Soviet labor camp. 

Feb 27, 2026

Yonia Fain’s story follows an avant-garde theater troupe—and their clown—as the director casts the role of dictator in their next production.

Feb 27, 2026

Sholem Asch describes two Jewish immigrants finding a way to make a living on their own terms, as streetwalkers in London

Feb 08, 2026

Manger memorializes the popular writer Yankev Morgenshtern (Jacob Morgenstern) in a fanciful biographical portrait.

Dec 09, 2025

H. Leivick attempts to trace the elusive figure of a childhood friend in this short sketch.

Nov 03, 2025

Opatoshu reports on working conditions in a Ford factory in Detroit.

Oct 14, 2025

Yisroel Rabon weighs in on language debates among Yiddishists in the wake of Sholem Asch’s visit to Palestine in 1936.

Jun 30, 2025

A gripping story by Rosa Palatnik about a girl smuggling goods over the Galician border.

May 16, 2025

Reflections on motherhood in its absence - in time for Mother’s Day.

May 09, 2025