Der Nister (Pinkhes Kahanovitsh, 1884–1950) is widely regarded as the most enigmatic author in modern Yiddish literature. His pseudonym, which translates as ‘The Hidden One’, is as puzzling as his div
Children have occupied a prominent place in Yiddish literature since early modern times, but children's literature as a genre has its beginnings in the early 20th century. Its emergence reflected the
Scholars of Yiddish and Slavic literature, Jewish history and culture, and linguistics, explore translations of work by Solomon Rabinovitch (1859-1916), who wrote as Sholem Aleichem, one of the most p
