Yermiyahu Ahron Taub ירמיהו אַהרן טאַוב
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Yermiyahu Ahron Taub ירמיהו אַהרן טאַוב
@yermiyahu-a-taub.bsky.social
Librarian, Poet, Writer, and Translator of Yiddish Literature.
My book, Night Breaks in the Garret: Poems and Peregrinations, forthcoming from Finishing Line Press, is available for pre-sales order at a discounted price until January 2, 2026. Pre-sales purchases really help. Thank you in advance for your support!

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November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I’m grateful to Velvl Chernin for translating my Yiddish poems “Landshaft: fartunklt, zilber”/“Landscape: Obscured, Silver” and “Moshl-azhore”/“Cautionary Tale” into Ukrainian for his new anthology. Thank you, Velvl, for all you do for contemporary Yiddish writers!

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Sered rozbytykh nadhrobkiv: Antolohiia suchasnoï idyshs’koi poeziï
Серед розбитих надгробків: Антологія сучасноï їдишської поезіï / Chernin, Velvl / Чернін, Велвл | 978-617-8262-78-5 | Dukh i Litera / Дух і Літера | 2024 | 80 S. | Kyiv / Київ
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October 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I'm delighted that my text "Permanent Resident, Without Green Card" appears in Capital Queer: A Pride Celebration from Washington Writers' Publishing House. My thanks to Jona Colson and Caroline Bock for their support. It is an honor to have my work alongside that of so many wonderful artists!
July 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Many thanks to Dr. Katalin Rac, Jewish Studies Librarian at Emory University, for a lovely write-up of my 2017 book, The Education of a Daffodil: Prose Poems [Di bildung fun a geln nartsis: prozelider] on page 2 of Judaica Journal (spring 2025).

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June 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I’m delighted and honored that my poem “The Babe’s Legacy” appears in a very special winter 2025 issue of CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly devoted to “Opening the doors to LGBTQIA+ Clergy: Past, Present, and Future.” Many thanks to editor Rabbi Edwin Goldberg for his support.
April 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I was delighted to read this article about Frayed Edge Press, the publisher of my recent translation from the Yiddish, Blessed Hands: Stories by Frume Halpern, on Billy Penn at WHYY and am grateful to Dr. Alison M. Lewis for her shout-out to the book.

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‘The throughline is trying to publish underrepresented voices’
Billy Penn’s series of Q&As with Philly’s independent publishers continues. Today: Alison M. Lewis, of Frayed Edge Press
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March 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
My prose poem, "(Not Entirely) New World Rituals," appears on pages 12-13 of the Autumn 2024 issue of Amaranth: A Journal of Food Writing, Art, & Design. Thank you to the Editorial Team members for their support and thank you for your engagement.

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December 24, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Blessed Hands: Stories by Frume Halpern (Frayed Edge Press, 2023), my recent translation from the Yiddish, has been selected for the Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Literary Fiction of 2024 list. Many thanks to the editors for this honor!

#blessedhandsstories

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Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.
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December 16, 2024 at 7:10 PM
I was delighted to read my poem “Siesta’s Sustenance” during the Mid-Atlantic Review 2024 Launch Reading on November 24, 2024 at DC’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Library. So many wonderful poems, and the journal issue is beautiful. Many thanks to the editors and all of the poets.
December 6, 2024 at 7:38 PM

My poem, "Midrash on a Gravestone Acrostic Inscription," appears in Issue II: Fall 2024 of Cigarette Fire Magazine. Many thanks to the CF Editorial Team for their support of my work, and thank you for your engagement.

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Issue II: Fall 2024 | CF Magazine
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December 2, 2024 at 1:01 PM


Zalman Newfield’s conversation with me regarding my book, Prayers of a Heretic (Plain View Press, 2013), and other topics, is now available on New Books Network podcast. Thank you, Zalman, for this special opportunity!

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Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, "Prayers of a Heretic: Poems" (Plain View Press, 2015) - New Books Network
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November 27, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Dear Friends,
My poem "Ignorance, Bliss" appears today in Sparks of Calliope: A Journal of Poetic Observations. Much gratitude to editor Randal Burd. And thank you, all, for your interest!

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“Ignorance, Bliss” by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
I walk along an autumnal country road.Eventually, there will be a fork,and of course, I will have to make a decision.But for now, there are these reverberations.Ones I cannot identify.Although I su…
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November 25, 2024 at 12:23 AM