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The Black Rooster
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This story admittedly took place a long time ago and furthermore in a far-off land—in England, in fact. Yet in spite of everything, it is still important and worthy of being…

Contributor:

Isaac Meyer Dik

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1889

Subjects:

Love, Writing, Translation, Violence, Theology

Categories:

Literature, Fiction, Religion & Theology
Yiddish Translation of Isaac Aboab’s Menorat ha-ma’or
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Moses Frankfurt said: The holy Torah tells us that the Holy One commanded Moses to interpret the Torah very plainly (Deuteronomy 27:8), to explain it clearly in seventy languages so that all nations…

Contributor:

Moses Frankfurt

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1719/20

Subjects:

Translation, Bible, Jewish languages, Yiddish

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Literature, Religion & Theology
The System of Translations
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The problem of creating a body of translated literature in Yiddish is very important and must be solved systematically. This serves the interests of our original [Yiddish] literature best. [I will…

Contributor:

Moyshe Litvakov

Places:

Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1918–1919

Subjects:

Translation, Jewish languages, Yiddish, Writing, Artists

Categories:

Literature, Language & Linguistics