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Tag: Literary Translation

0 Literature Israel

How Jessica Cohen became the go-to English translator of contemporary Israeli literature

Andrew Esensten in JTA · 20 May

Jessica Cohen has risen to prominence as the most sought-after Hebrew-to-English translator of contemporary Israeli literature.

0 Literature History

The Silencing of the Jewish Poet

Maxim D. Shrayer in Tablet · 17 Apr

In February 2024, a study was conducted with 90 Jewish poets and translators, focusing on the definition of Jewish poetry in contemporary America and the reception of Jewish poets in the literary world post-Oct.

0 Holocaust Literature

Why it's time to celebrate a glorious Yiddish writer who would have turned 100 this year

Aviya Kushner in Forward · 22 Dec 2023

Chava Rosenfarb, a renowned Yiddish writer, is being celebrated in Lodz, Poland, where she was once imprisoned during the Holocaust.

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How a quintessentially Yiddish sensibility created a thoroughly modern Don Quixote

ALanger in Forward · 6 Sep 2023

Edith Grossman, a Jewish American translator who recently passed away at the age of 87, was known for her ability to translate works from Spanish into English.

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Lost Yiddish Words

Rose Waldman in Tablet · 11 Dec 2020

The author reflects on their experience with Yiddish, their childhood language and the language of their Hasidic community.

0 Music Literature

The Joys of Yiddish Poetry

Rokhl Kafrissen in Tablet · 24 Apr 2019

The text discusses the beauty and significance of Yiddish poetry, focusing on recent musical projects that bring Yiddish poems to life.