Shibboleth

an undergraduate journal of Jewish thought at Yale

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Eden Mendelsohn

Nov 1, 2020
3 min

An Interview with Bertha Kalish, by Aaron Rosen. Translated by Eden Mendelsohn.

Is the Yiddish theater growing since your absence, or no?” – This was the first question of the line of questions that the writer asked...

Todd Warshawsky

Nov 1, 2020
2 min

Bantzia Shvayg (a fragment), by I.L. Peretz. Translated by Todd Warshawsky.

Alas! Bantzia Shvayg’s death made no impression whatsoever on the world. Don’t bother asking who Bantzia was, how he lived, and how he...

Daniella Cohen

Nov 1, 2020
1 min

"Discourse," by Agi Mishol. Translated by Daniella Cohen.

I say to the hibiscus: my Lord is God my Lord is the and I repeat this over and over with devotion and I can’t stop He is the I sing this...

Dov Greenwood

Nov 1, 2020
3 min

A Fragment from the Zohar (Ki Tisa, 189b)

He opened saying, “like a lily amidst the brambles—so is my love amidst the maidens” (Song of Songs 2:2). The Blessed Holy One desired...

Daniel Yadin

Nov 1, 2020
10 min

The Solitudes of Adrienne Rich

The Jews among whom Adrienne Rich felt most rooted are those who were turned to smoke. Ethereal, weightless, floating high above the...

Eric Margolis

Nov 1, 2020
10 min

Henry Roth and the Generative Power of Translation

Call It Sleep is one of the great texts of the Jewish-American literary canon. Published in 1934, Henry Roth’s novel stars the...

Julia Kahn

Nov 1, 2020
29 min

19 and 20th Century Origins of Ant-Semitism During the Guerra Sucia in Argentina

On the morning of December 7, 2017, a federal judge in Buenos Aires requested an arrest warrant for ex-president Cristina Fernández de...

Johnny Gross

Nov 1, 2020
13 min

How should the Diaspora be understood in Jewish history?

Jonathan Ray, a professor of Jewish Studies at Georgetown University, wrote an essay about this question. It explored the place of...

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