New Translation: “Monolog in Pleynem Yidish”
We can learn a great deal about Aaron Zeitlin’s Monolog in Pleynem Yidish מאָנאָלאָג אין פּלעינעם יידיש just from the title. Immediately, the title informs readers that this monologue is in Yiddish, but it also uses the preposition “in” which echoes the English preposition, rather than the contextually expected Yiddish preposition “af” or “oyf.” Zeitlin…
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A Note from the Poet: Activism for Palestine profoundly shaped my last year in college, pushing me to rethink everything I thought I knew about social movements, solidarity, and statehood. These three poems are my attempt, one year later, to capture the entanglements and possibilities of participating in activism for Palestine as Jewish student. I…
Photo by Judy Goldstein On March 8th 2025, Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent resident of the U.S., was detained by ICE. He had committed no crime, only exercising his free speech as one of the primary organizers of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University. The day before his detention, President Trump cut $400 million in funding to…
Note: These poems are in the same order in all languages, Ladino transliteration, Ladino, and English. It was in the author’s best intention to capture the musicality, tone, and rhyme of each poem in the Ladino-English translation. The Sea (לה מאר) la mar ke me yama, viene de aze…
October 8: The Fight for the Soul of America was released on March 14th in theaters nationwide. The film chronicles an obtusely one-sided narrative of the rise of antisemitism on social media and US American college campuses in the aftermath of the Al-Aqsa Flood attacks. Against a backdrop of sinister orchestral music and b-roll from…
Airports make me cry now. As soon as I step foot in Ben Gurion to leave, something in me gives, and the floodgates are opened to so many of the thoughts and feelings I instinctively tamp down on in my day-to-day life. I have traveled quite a bit this past year. To visit colleges in…
This piece is featured in our New Beginnings series, exploring the emergent ideas, emotions, and social upheavals of a new era of progressive Jewish culture. We are writing for a brighter future, while honoring our past. More to come. The Burial Of The Dead How in times of scrutiny and creed We continue to solemnly…
The Penguin, starring Colin Ferrel, Cristin Millioti, and Rhenzy Feliz, released its first episode this week to much praise. A televised sequel/spinoff of Matt Reeves’ 2023 film, The Batman, it plans to show viewers Oswald Cobb’s rise to power in the criminal underworld following the death of Carmine Falcone, aka The Roman. The 8-episode series…
This weekend I had the pleasure of watching the recent film ‘Kneecap’ starring the titular Belfast-based rap trio, Kneecap. With their tracksuits and Beastie Boys-esque beats, one might have approached the film expecting a boyish romp through Belfast or perhaps a simple coming of age flick told through Irish language music. However Kneecap are anything…