Blog
Family Photos: A Yiddishist Looks at Mischpoche
Sunny S. Yudkoff
What Andreas Mühe’s Mischpoche beckons is a Yiddish kvetsh—someone to squeeze the term, pinch and press it, articulate where the stress should fall.
May 28, 2024
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Interview
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Texts & Translation
ס’געוויין פֿון הונגעריקע קינדער
The Cry of Hungry Children
Yoysef Papyernikov
Translation by Tal Hever-Chybowski
Tal Hever-Chybowski translates Yoysef Papyernikov’s “The Cry of Hungry Children” for In geveb’s ongoing series on Yiddish literary responses to the war.
Jun 10, 2024
In geveb, אין געוועב, is a subscription-free digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the exchange of pedagogical materials, and a blog of Yiddish cultural life.