Translators and Researchers

Judeo-Arabic scholar Joshua Blau
(1919-2020)
(photo: Emil Salman from Haaretz)

Yiddish translator Miriam Isaacs
Translators
This page lists translators of several Jewish languages, as well as the other languages they speak, read, or write. Please contact the translators for information about their rates, special skills, etc. Email addresses have added spaces to minimize spam. If you would like to be listed here, please contact us.
Hebrew
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Altein, Rabbi Yehuda <yaltein.writing @ gmail.com>: Yiddish, Hebrew; English
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Bar-Am, Yoram <yoramtranexp @ gmail.com>: Hebrew; Spanish, Portuguese, English, Italian, French, Dutch, German
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Benedict, Eli <eliyahubenedict @ gmail.com> Aramaic - Hebrew, Yiddish - Hebrew, English - Hebrew (Modern and Ashkenazi)
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Bennaroch, Mois <moisbennaroch @ gmail.com>: Judeo-Spanish, Hebrew; Spanish, English, French, Galician, Portuguese
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Cook, Rifka <rifka18 @ northwestern.edu>: Hebrew; Spanish, English
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Green, Elliot/Eliyahu <eil100 @ zahav.net.il>: Hebrew, Yiddish; English
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Kálmán, Mihály <mkalmanmail @ gmail.com>: Yiddish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Russian, English
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Krivoruchko, Julia G. <jgk25 @ cam.ac.uk>: Hebrew, Judeo-Greek; English, Russian
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Posen, Izzy <izzyposen @ gmail.com> Hebrew (Biblical/Rabbinic/Ashkenazi); English
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Stein, Matan <matan.stein @ mail.huji.ac.il>: Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Yiddish; English, Spanish, Catalan, Dutch, German, Russian
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Zuckermann, Ghil'ad <gzuckermann @ gmail.com>: Hebrew, Jewish Aramaic, Yiddish; Italian, English, German, Arabic, Ancient Greek, Spanish, French, Latin, Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin)
Jewish Aramaic
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Posen, Izzy <izzyposen @ gmail.com> Jewish Aramaic; English
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Rees, Margo <m.h.rees.02 @ cantab.net>: Jewish Aramaic; English
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Zuckermann, Ghil'ad <gzuckermann @ gmail.com>: Hebrew, Jewish Aramaic, Yiddish; Italian, English, German, Arabic, Ancient Greek, Spanish, French, Latin, Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin)
Judeo-Arabic
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Hary, Benjamin <benjamin.hary @ nyu.edu>: Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew; Arabic, English
Judeo-Greek
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Krivoruchko, Julia G. <jgk25 @ cam.ac.uk>: Hebrew, Judeo-Greek; English, Russian
Judeo-Provençal
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Nahon, Peter <peter.nahon @ enc.sorbonne.fr>: Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Provençal, French, Latin
Judeo-Spanish
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Agis, Derya <deryaagis @ gmail.com>: Judeo-Spanish; Italian, French, English, Turkish
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Bennaroch, Mois <moisbennaroch @ gmail.com>: Judeo-Spanish, Hebrew; Spanish, English, French, Galician, Portuguese
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Nahon, Peter: Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Provençal, French, Latin
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Stein, Matan <matan.stein @ mail.huji.ac.il>: Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Yiddish; English, Spanish, Catalan, Dutch, German, Russian
Yiddish
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Altein, Rabbi Yehuda <yaltein.writing @ gmail.com>: Yiddish, Hebrew; English
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Belk, Zoe <zoe.belk @ ucl.ac.uk>: Yiddish (Hasidic); English
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Benedict, Eli <eliyahubenedict @ gmail.com> Yiddish (Hasidic); English, Yiddish - Hebrew
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Elbinger, Naomi <naomi @ yiddish-translation.com>: Yiddish; English
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Goldstein, Barry <barry @ bgoldstein.org>: Yiddish; English
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Green, Elliot/Eliyahu <eil100 @ zahav.net.il>: Hebrew, Yiddish; English
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Hartman, Hershl <hershl @ earthlink.net>: Yiddish; English
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Isaacs, Miriam <tabakm28 @ gmail.com>: Yiddish; English
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Jacobs, Martin <mjacobs59 @ aya.yale.edu>, <duomundi @ yahoo.com>: Yiddish; English
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Kálmán, Mihály <mkalmanmail @ gmail.com>: Yiddish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Russian, English
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Posen, Izzy <izzyposen @ gmail.com> Yiddish (Hasidic); English
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Schiller, Rivka <rivka @ rivkasyiddish.com>: Yiddish; English
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Somin, Alexander <alexsomin @ hotmail.com>: Yiddish, English, Russian, German
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Stein, Matan <matan.stein @ mail.huji.ac.il>: Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Yiddish; English, Spanish, Catalan, Dutch, German, Russian
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Vaisbrot, Bernard <bernard.vaisbrot @ laposte.net>: Yiddish; French
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YIVO research service <reference @ yivo.org>: Yiddish; English; other languages
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YIVO Translator List and About Page
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Zuckermann, Ghil'ad <gzuckermann @ gmail.com>: Hebrew, Jewish Aramaic, Yiddish; Italian, English, German, Arabic, Ancient Greek, Spanish, French, Latin, Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin)
Researchers
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