For those interested, the Aaron and Sonia Fishman Foundation for Yiddish Culture is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, established in 1966, which seeks to spread knowledge of Yiddish among Jewish children and youth by funding new, innovative educational projects. The Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2013 grant cycle, and instructions for how to apply can be found on the website, together with miscellaneous information about the organization itself.

In addition, OnTheMainLine, a fantastic blog with fun posts on fascinating pieces of Jewish bibliographic/periodical/intellectual (mostly English-language) history, recently (a couple months ago) featured a Yiddish translation, by H. Rosenblatt, of Edgar Alan Poe’s “The Raven” (a personal favorite), published originally in 1904 in the journal Di Tsukunft (the full version of the translation is available in the Comments section). Also, check out the comments (specifically that of SoMeHoW Frum) for a funny adaptation of “The Raven” which explores those all-too-common computer crashes we all experience (h/t Ben Ehrenkranz).