Library maintained by the Jewish Labor Bund, Pinsk, Poland (now in Belarus). Photograph by J. Kolodny (YIVO)
Forthcoming Project
We, Traitors
Bundist Writings on Zionism, Palestine, and Socialism (Haymarket, 2027)
About
Eyshe is a professional Yiddish translator, teacher, and scholar living in Toronto, ON. His translations and writings have been featured in Jewish Currents, Der Spekter, In geveb, Afn Shvel, the Yiddish Forverts, among others. He has taught Yiddish and Yiddish literature at Columbia University, the University of Chicago, the University of Toronto, and the YIVO-Bard Uriel Weinreich Yiddish Summer Program.
Selected Works
Yiddish Anarchists’ Break Over Palestine [link]
Jewish Currents
Letters on Zionism, Pt. 1 [link]
Der Spekter
June 13, 2025
Letters on Zionism, Pt. 2 [link]
Der Spekter
Alterity and Confrontation in Palestinian Yiddish Pogrom Literature [link]
Afn Shvel
Toronto, ON — New York, NY | beirichj@gmail.com