AJL and Nice Jewish Books Present: Everything Old (in Yiddish) Is New Again: Trends in Recent Translation of Yiddish Fiction Sunday, September 3, 2023 noon PT / 3:00 pm ET
While the body of Yiddish literature is vast, many people still think of Tevye the milkman, trudging along with his lame horse and arguing with God. But the many new translations of Yiddish fiction show the breadth and depth of the settings, characters, and topics covered as well as the many different voices of the authors. Join us for a panel discussion with Yiddish- to-English translators Ellen Cassedy, Mindy Liberman, and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub about recent trends and about their work. Ellen Cassedy was a founder and longtime leader of 9 to 5, the national association of women office workers. Ellen is also a Yiddishist and is the co-translator of Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories by Blume Lempel and translator of On the Landing: Stories by Yenta Mash. Mindy Liberman is the translator of Falik and His House, a novella by Jacob Dinezon, published by Jewish Storyteller Press, 2022. She has translated articles and other material relating to Dinezon, as well as poems by Miriam Ulinover. Her translation of Dinezon's story “A Foolish Child” is scheduled to appear in the next issue of In geveb. Mindy grew up in Montreal and was a librarian at the Glendale (California) Public Library for many years. Yermiyahu Ahron Taub is a poet, writer, and Yiddish literary translator. He is the author of two books of fiction, Beloved Comrades: a Novel in Stories (2020) and Prodigal Children in the House of G-d: Stories (2018), and six volumes of poetry, including A Mouse Among Tottering Skyscrapers: Selected Yiddish Poems (2017). Yermiyahu's most recent translation from the Yiddish is Dineh: an Autobiographical Novel by Ida Maze (2022). Please visit his website at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://yataubdotnet.wordpress.com__;!!KGKeukY!ySseAleudVAW93v9JgP-8YrVjOVCFxx5gGuTbqjTRE_YtP1QptOrkGA9gv5PDeTWWDLHxmmYvOMkvNlJbXyd5F60S1wEwkPr$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://yataubdotnet.wordpress.com/__;!!KGKeukY!ySseAleudVAW93v9JgP-8YrVjOVCFxx5gGuTbqjTRE_YtP1QptOrkGA9gv5PDeTWWDLHxmmYvOMkvNlJbXyd5F60S08ip2vt$ >. Moderated by Nice Jewish Books podcast host Sheryl Stahl. This session is sponsored by AJL's Nice Jewish Books podcast and is open to members and nonmembers. Register at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ocuChqjsiH9AVp1bCeSh5QLo7FQlE2XNc__;!!KGKeukY!ySseAleudVAW93v9JgP-8YrVjOVCFxx5gGuTbqjTRE_YtP1QptOrkGA9gv5PDeTWWDLHxmmYvOMkvNlJbXyd5F60S7wkvxo1$
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