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Writing on Writing: Hanukkah Edition

Every language has its expressions that don’t quite translate into English. Saudade, weltschmerz, and other lacunaeĀ bedevil translators since there’s no easy one-to-one translation for them. So you can imagine the problem posed by Yiddish. Yiddish is the Marx Brothers to … Continue reading

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