Containing nearly 50,000 entries and 33,000 subentries, this English-Yiddish dictionary is the online, searchable version of the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, edited by Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath and Paul Glasser (Indiana University Press, 2016), based on the research of Mordkhe Schaechter. It emphasizes Yiddish as a living language that is spoken in many places around the world. The richness of dialectal difference and historical development are noted in the breadth of entries ranging from “agriculture” to “zoology." These words and expressions can be found in classic and contemporary literature, newspapers, and other sources of the written word, and have long been used by professionals and tradesmen, in synagogues, in schools, at home, in intimate life, and wherever Yiddish-speaking Jews have lived and worked.

This Yiddish-English dictionary is the online, searchable version of the Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, edited by Solon Beinfeld and Harry Bochner (Indiana University Press, 2013). It includes broad coverage of Yiddish words of all origins, including Hebrew-Aramaic, Slavic, Romance, and Germanic. It features more words and more idiomatic usages than previous editions of Yiddish-English dictionaries, a user-friendly interface with no complicated abbreviations or signs, and several regional and dialectal variants alongside standard literary forms.

1920-present. Identifies articles, books, dissertations on literature, languages, film and folklore.