How do you Say Passover in Yiddish?

Pesach is less that a week away and as Jewish families around the world prepare for a joyous annual getogether, I want to create a special holiday gift for Yiddish Translation’s visitors, fans and customers. So here I present an original video: The 4 Questions of the Passover Seder (Mah Nishtana), in Yiddish and Hebrew, Read More…

Happy Birthday Yiddish Translation!

This website, Yiddish Translation, is 1 year old today. Happy Birthday or as we say in Yiddish, א פרייליכן געבורטסטאג! (A freilichen gebortstag) Want to learn Yiddish? Visit our sister site Yiddish Academy and get a free Yiddish lesson! Consider it a birthday gift! Over the past year, I’ve been privileged to manage over 40 translation projects, Read More…

Yiddish Names for Girls

I’m creating a list of Yiddish names to help you identify the names you find in your family tree, and learn out about their meaning and origin. In this post, I’ve included a list of Yiddish names for girls. (A similar list of Yiddish names for boys is also in the works – coming soon) There Read More…

Is it Really Yiddish?

Yiddish translation almost always involves more than just Yiddish… Yiddish was orignally formed from a mixture of other languages: German, Hebrew, Slavic languages, etc. In contemporary Yiddish-speaking communities, the languages continues to morph and borrow words from the languages of the host countries where it is spoken. For example, American Yiddish is rich in English Read More…