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Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur
לעקסיקאָן פֿון דער נײַער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור

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Leksikon (vol 1)
Volume 1 (alef-beys)
Key to Yiddish Abbreviations
Full PDF
Leksikon (vol 2)
Volume 2 (gimel-dalet)
Yiddish Reference Charts
Full PDF
Leksikon (vol 3)
Volume 3 (hey-vov-zayin-khes)
Yiddish Reference Charts
Full PDF
Leksikon (vol 4)
Volume 4 (tes-yud-kof/khof-lamed)
Yiddish Reference Charts
Full PDF
Leksikon (vol 5)
Volume 5 (lamed-mem)
Yiddish Reference Charts
Full PDF
Leksikon (vol 6)
Volume 6 (mem-nun-samekh-ayen)
Yiddish Reference Charts
Full PDF
Leksikon (vol 7)
Volume 7 (ayen-pey/fey-tsadek)
Yiddish Reference Charts
Full PDF
Leksikon (vol 8)
Volume 8 (kuf-reysh-shin-tof)
Yiddish Reference Charts
Full PDF
Beider
Biographical Dictionary of Yiddish Writers in the Soviet Union
Glossary of Soviet Yiddish Terms
Full PDF
Kagan
Lexicon of Yiddish Writers
Key to Yiddish AbbreviationsPublication References
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Chernin - Contemporary Yiddish Writers
Leksikon fun der Haynttsaytiker Yidisher Literature
CJC Additions
Congress for Jewish Culture
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Women Yiddish Writers שרײַבערינס


Thanks to:

Joshua A Fogel , who donated English translations and compilations, plus research for over 7,000 Yiddish writers.

מרים-חיה סגל, who compiled and donated a list of over 800 women Yiddish writers.

Ongoing professional consultations by Assaf Uriele, Mark H. David and Jamie Katz, plus Beth Dwoskin, Raphael Finkel, and Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschläger.

Volunteer ongoing work by Rekhl Zucker, Barbara Borts, Lyubov Lavrova, Maria Zavorohina, Miryem-Khaye Sigl, Mirjam Gutschow, and many others.

Support from the League for Yiddish --- verterbukh.org --- Yiddish Book Center --- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research --- Lasky's Museum of the Yiddish Theatre --- National Library of Israel

System Architect & Web Developer -- Jamie Katz

Lexicon Project Director -- Shoshke-Rayzl Yuni       Executive Director of the Congress for Jewish Culture -- Shane Baker

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List of Yiddish Women Writers
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