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Yiddish Research: Yiddish Research Websites

Yiddish research guide covering general resources, article and books, folklore, genealogy, linguistics, literature, music and dance, oral history, theater, film, radio, translation and student resources.

Yiddish Research Websites

All Things Yiddish: The Lerer Roskes Archive 

"The collection comprises materials created and collected by Professor David Roskies during many years of teaching Yiddish and Holocaust literature.…

 

Az men zukht, gefint men! אַז מען זוכט,  געפֿינט מען

Yiddish research site of Professor Dov-Ber Kerler (Univ. of Indiana) with online texts, media and sources on history, literature, language and performing arts, and more. In Yiddish.

 

Oxford Bibliographies Online: Yiddish 

Overview of Yiddish studies and resources, compiled by Professors Naomi Seidman and Shaina Hammerman.

 

Resources in Yiddish Studies: "Meta" resources, by Zachary Baker for In geveb.

Includes sections on Digital Collections,  Yiddish Linguistic Scholarship,  Yiddish Literature and Culture,  Bibliographies of ImprintsHolocaust

 

Shund.org: A Database of Yiddish Popular Fiction

Shund.org is a database of Yiddish popular fiction, collecting and analyzing works of entertainment literature written in Yiddish and published as books and pamphlets and serialized in the Yiddish press.

 

Yiddish Sources 

International research, study and events, compiled by Gerben Zaagsma (European University Institute).