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Abraham Nahum Stencl אברהם נחום שטענצל
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Abraham Nahum Stencl אברהם נחום שטענצל

Loshn un Lebn 1954 to 1960

This project began by identifying, gathering, and digitising almost the entire collection of Stencl’s Yiddish literary journals, including his earlier hetflekh (pamphlets) which were published between 1940 and 1946. The earliest pamphlets particularly those published from 1940 to 1942 were small publications of just a few pages, mainly featuring Stencl’s war poems. They were printed by Narod Press in Whitechapel who continued printing all subsequent issues for the next forty years for free being great supporters of the Yiddish poet and his Yiddish activities.

After 1943, these hetflekh developed and expanded into larger volumes, featuring contributions from other Yiddish writers and poets. However, Stencl remained the primary contributor, editor, and main distributor. From issue 72, published in January 1946, the magazine officially became known as the literary journal Loshn un Lebn (Language & Life). It ran almost continuously every month until 1981. Around 325 issues were produced during this period, although the exact number is uncertain. The early pamphlets were inconsistently numbered, and some were not numbered at all. With the help of numerous institutions and individuals, the project team has tracked down, digitised, and shared here 303 issues, which were scattered across national and international archives and private collections. Combined this digital collection represents the largest freely accessible digitised collection of Stencl’s Yiddish magazines available anywhere.

Because these copies come from many different sources, there are variations in quality and format, for example a few of the very rare early issues of his hetflekh only survive as photocopies. Each journal is presented exactly as scanned, unaltered in condition, colour, or appearance. Some editions, particularly those from private collections, include Stencl’s own handwritten annotations and notes adding to their distinctiveness. This is a unique digital archive of a treasured collection of Yiddish magazines that document all aspects of Yiddish language, life and culture spanning a forty year period. 

To explore the contents of each edition in English, please use the Contents Menu.

1954-04 171
1954-05 172
1954-06 173
1954-07-08 174-175
1954-11 278
1954-12 279
1955-01 280
1955-04 unnumbered
1955-05 281-284
1955-06-07 285-286
1955-08 287
1955-09 288
1955-10-11 289-290
1955-12 291
1956-01 292
1956-02-03 293-294
1956-04 295
1956-05 296
1956-06 297
1956-07-08 298-299
1956-09 300
1956-10 301
1956-11-12 302-303
1957-01 304
1957-02 305
1957-03-04 306-307
1957-05-07 308-310
1957-08 311
1957-09 312
1957-10-11 113-114
1957-12 315
1958-01 316
1958-02 317
1958-03-04 318-319
1958-05 320
1958-06-07 321-322
1958-08-09 323-324
1958-10 325
1958-11-12 326-327
1959-01 328
1959-02-03 329-330
1959-04 331
1959-05-06 332-333
1959-07-08 334-335
1959-09-10 336-337
1959-11 338
1959-12 339
1960-01 340
Unlocking previously hidden histories of Yiddish culture
Unlocking previously hidden histories of Yiddish culture