In geveb: a Journal of Yiddish Studies, 2021
A serialized translation of Zusman Segalovitsh's 1922 novel, to be published in 18 instalments in early 2021.
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The Free Yiddish Library
The Free Yiddish Library (very much a work-in-progress in its early stages) aims to make translated Yiddish books accessible by publishing them under a creative commons license.
Our first step is to publish affordable print editions, sold at cost price, using print on demand technology while also making free digital versions available online.
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Available Titles
Abraham Schneider
An Anthology of Practical & Clever Phrases
A collection of Yiddish aphorisms and proverbs.
Abraham Schneider (1876–1960) was born in Berdichev, Russian Empire (modern-day Ukraine) and arrived in America in 1922 with his family—wife, two daughters and a son—via Antwerp, Belgium.
A furrier by trade, Schneider was a passionate collector of words and phrases. He assembled the present volume in his spare time. Includes a satirical sketch by the author.
אַ זאַמל־בוך פֿון פּראַקטישע און קלוגע זאַצן
Original Publication: 1947
Genre: Reference
pp 108
ISBN 9781715260262
Forthcoming Titles
Abraham Goldberg
Creations & Creators
Born in Yarmolinetz, Podolia (modern day Ukraine), Abraham Goldberg (1883–1942) was a prolific writer, journalist, and public figure in labour Zionist circles in New York.
Creations & Creators contains nine selected essays of literary criticism from the author’s 1913 collection.
שאַפֿונגען און שאַפֿער
Original Publication: 1913
Genre: Essays
pp 102
ISBN 9781715859282
Jacob Rodack
Moods
A collection of prose pieces originally published in Kunst un kinstler, 1955.
Born in Mława, Poland, Rodack was a sweatshop worker with frustrated literary ambitions. He published articles and prose poems in various Yiddish newspapers and periodicals in the United States.
A collection of his writings was published posthumously, proving Rodack to be a sensitive and insighftul literary critic.
From: קונסט און קינסטלער
Original Publication: 1955
Genre: Essays
pp 66
ISBN 9781006845376
William Dicker
A Christmas Present for Chanukah
Two short stories from William Dicker’s 1937 collection Fun beyde zaytn yam (From Both Sides of the Sea)
From: פֿון בײדע זײַטן אים
Original Publication: 1937
Genre: Fiction
pp 30
ISBN 9781006811531