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The online issues of “Sovetish Heymland” will be a great resource for scholars and ordinary readers of post-war Yiddish literature
For the first time in history, every issue of the Yiddish literary magazine Sovetish heymland (Soviet Homeland) is in the process of being digitized.
The periodical ran from 1961 to 1991, but so far only editions published between 1961 to 1963 have been uploaded to the internet. Thanks to a new initiative, the rest of the magazine will be digitized by the end of 2024.
The project is part of an effort by two foundations to preserve Yiddish culture: the Heritage Project Foundation in the United States and the Yiddish Culture Preservation Foundation in Israel, both of which were founded by Mark Zilberquit.
Two Russian partners are also sponsoring it: the Jewish publishing house “Knizhniki,” and academic Grigory Roytberg, the chairman of the Russian Jewish Congress’ financial committee, who is contributing monetary support.
This is a significant achievement, especially considering that only a small number of Yiddish periodicals have been fully digitized. The Forverts, for example, is found in its entirety in the National Library of Israel, but “Di goldene keyt,” “Di tsukunft” and other notable literary Yiddish magazines are not.
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For the first time in history, every issue of the Yiddish literary magazine Sovetish heymland (Soviet Homeland) is in the process of being digitized.
The periodical ran from 1961 to 1991, but so far only editions published between 1961 to 1963 have been uploaded to the internet. Thanks to a new initiative, the rest of the magazine will be digitized by the end of 2024.
The project is part of an effort by two foundations to preserve Yiddish culture: the Heritage Project Foundation in the United States and the Yiddish Culture Preservation Foundation in Israel, both of which were founded by Mark Zilberquit.
Two Russian partners are also sponsoring it: the Jewish publishing house “Knizhniki,” and academic Grigory Roytberg, the chairman of the Russian Jewish Congress’ financial committee, who is contributing monetary support.
This is a significant achievement, especially considering that only a small number of Yiddish periodicals have been fully digitized. The Forverts, for example, is found in its entirety in the National Library of Israel, but “Di goldene keyt,” “Di tsukunft” and other notable literary Yiddish magazines are not.
A high-quality Soviet Yiddish literary magazine is being digitized
For the first time in history, every issue of the Yiddish literary magazine Sovetish heymland (Soviet Homeland) is in the process of being digitized. The periodical ran from 1961 to 1991, but so far only editions published between 1961 to 1963 have been uploaded to the internet. Thanks to a new...
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