The first page of the Polish Yidel, July 1884Calling all Yiddish speaking people...Two archives, one at Cornell University, the other at University of Warwick in the UK, have teamed up to digitize more than 1,500 pages from journals and newspapers originally written for working-class Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe.Much of the original material has never been translated into English and with the number of Yiddish speakers in the world in significant decline the project was opened up to the public: relying on individuals’ to help translate the publications, which include The Polish “Yidel” and “Hashulamith” newspapers and “The Ladies’ Garment Worker,”...
