Browse, read, download or print any or all of these books, free of charge. When he was a 23yearold graduate student, lansky stumbled upon an alarming fact. The centers building is closed due to the covid19 emergency, but our work goes on online and on social media. National yiddish book center 1021 west street, amherst, ma 01002 accessibility information. Visitor programs welcomed approximately 10,000 visitors and offered permanent and traveling exhibitions and interpretive tours. Email november update from the national yiddish book. As of mid june, the scanner is the newest acquisition of the national yiddish book center, in amherst, massachusetts. New york, nyon sunday, april 12, at 2pm, a consortium of jewish cultural organizations will present a third seder, an unprecedented online international yiddish cultural celebration. The national yiddish book center was founded in 1980 by macarthur fellow aaron lansky, who continues to lead the organization as its president.
The yiddish book center is the perfect place for family simkhes celebrations, conferences, and community functions. One alumnus of that course, coorganizer aaron lansky, went on to found the national yiddish book center, now the worlds largest collection of yiddish books and located adjacent to the hampshire campus. Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event. In early february, the yiddish book center fellows traveled to new york city to pick up a donation of more than one thousand yiddish books from the personal library of yiddish author moyshe shtarkman. Phoenix wyatt steiner summer yiddish program coordinator and education program assistant at national yiddish book center florence, massachusetts 2 connections. The yiddish book center national yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts, united states, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books.
Charity navigator rating for national yiddish book center. Email april update from the national yiddish book center. Whereas the yivo ceremonies in vilna were conducted in yiddish by the greatest historians and scholars of the day, the amherst ceremony included not even token representation from the. Saving a million yiddish books was just the beginning. The books to be scanned at the national yiddish book center are, for the most part, not religious texts. Directions and hours can be found in our visit section. Beginning with the center s 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme. Free classes, shabbat meals, social gettogethers, weekend events, domestic and international trips. Poughkeepsie, nyon november 11, aaron lansky, founder and current president of the national yiddish book center, will discuss an evolving vision of jewish cultural education and how he helped save yiddish books the topic of his book, outwitting history. The national yiddish book center a global treasure.
Website of the national yiddish book center, located in amherst, mass. The yiddish book center is located at 1021 west st. This event will be presented live via zoom and will stream live on the yiddish book centers facebook page. Dedicated to rescuing yiddish books and celebrating the culture they contain, we offer a full schedule of public events, including tours, sunday films, performances, lectures, and concerts, exhibits, an englishlanguage bookstore, and our summer arts festival. Yiddish book center, 1021 west st, amherst, ma 2020. The national yiddish book center s magazine recently talked about phrases our mothers left us. National yiddish theatre folksbiene, new york, new york. Reach out to join our network of engaged bright minds that are shaping the chicago jewish community of tomorrow. Due to the coronavirus covid19 health crisis events listed on this website may be canceled or postponed, please refer to the event organizers website for possible schedule changes. National yiddish book center, cultural institution dedicated to. The yiddish book center national yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts, united states, is a cultural.
National yiddish book center is rated 3 out of 4 stars by charity navigator. Community open house at the yiddish book center, presented. The burning child creates a psychic mapping of vienna through an exploration of its architectural interiors, set against the backdrop of austrias troubled past. The national yiddish book center is a vibrant, nonprofit organization working to rescue yiddish and other modern jewish books and celebrate the culture they contain. The longest running consecutivelyproducing professional yiddish theatre in the world. The national yiddish book center, being a popular facility, geared the opening of its new building to amkho, the people, rather than to a cultural elite. Founded in 1980, the yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating yiddish books and presenting innovative educational programs that broaden understanding of modern jewish identity. Jon kalish, a manhattanbased radio reporter, is a longtime.
Dont miss out on what promises to be a great festival of music and related events. The national yiddish book center is one of the largest jewish cultural organization in america. We offer fellowships and courses for high school students. Email march update from the yiddish book center yiddish. The yiddish book center is a vibrant, nonprofit organization working to rescue yiddish and other modern jewish books and celebrate the culture they contain. Born in the village of krasnopolye in the russopolish border region, ben gailing came to the us in 19 planning to enter a yeshiva religious education center. Our priority now is to advance knowledge of the content and literary and cultural progeny of the books weve saved. A new initiative of the yiddish book center s designed to foster a deeper understanding of yiddish and modern jewish culture. The national yiddish book center was founded in 1980 by macarthur. National yiddish book center in amherst, ma librarything.
Harry and jeanette weinberg building 1021 west street amherst, ma 01002 phone. Aaron lansky works to revitalize yiddish culture and make it more accessible and understandable to the postholocaust world. View all attractions near yiddish book center on tripadvisor. Yiddish literature has been savedthese books were literally in dumpsters and rotting ion basements. Yiddish book center audio will be available later today.
National yiddish theatre folksbiene presents may programming. National yiddish book center inc guidestar profile. New york, nynational yiddish theatre folksbiene folksbieneled by zalmen mlotek, artistic director, and dominick balletta, executive directorcontinues to bring the stage to global. For general inquiries, call us at 42564900 or email us at email protected or by using the form below. A globetrotting culinary maven holds court the boston globe. Youll find accounts of a trip to collect the donated library of a yiddish author. Beginning with the centers 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme.
Yiddish book center amherst 2020 all you need to know. Aug 14, 2016 curated by edna nahshon and accompanied by a book of the same name. Sun 11am4pm phone 42564900 prices free admission web site national yiddish book center this airy complex on the hampshire college campus is devoted to rescuing and redistributing yiddish language books and to celebrating yiddish culture through films, lectures, and other public events. National yiddish theatre folksbiene yiddish theatre. In 1973, a group of students helped to organize the nations first college course on the holocaust, thinking the unthinkable. From the bowery to broadway is a copresentation of the museum of the city of new york, the yivo institute for jewish research, the national yiddish book center, and the national yiddish theaterfolksbiene. Yiddish programs university of kentucky college of. Having studied modern european history and literature at harvard, he later directed operas at the detroit opera house, starred in the title role of the sorceress with the national yiddish theatre folksbiene and in that companys yiddish production of fiddler on the roof, cowrote the yiddish book centers forthcoming yiddish textbook, and. Yiddish book centers shift makes many uneasy the boston. And were now presenting free weekly virtual public programs. Read on for more information about the family who donated the volumes and the significance of this special addition to the yiddish book center s collection.
The jewish enrichment center is a laboratory school that raises a childs voice in jewish learning. Aug 22, 2004 the national yiddish book center and the eric carle museum of picture book art are on the hampshire college campus in amherst, about 80 miles west of boston roughly a 1hour drive. New york, ny national yiddish theatre folksbiene folksbieneled by zalmen mlotek, artistic director, and dominick balletta, executive directorcontinues to bring the stage to global. The yiddish book center works to rescue yiddish and other modern jewish books and open up their content to the world. The national yiddish book center and the eric carle museum of picture book art are on the hampshire college campus in amherst, about 80 miles west of boston roughly a. Lansky is founder and president of the national yiddish book center, an organization that has rescued and restored to active use more than 1. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish. In this case, the man behind the event is a young american, aaron lansky, who was born and raised in massachusetts and, after being introduced to yiddish in an undergraduate course at hampshire college, went on in the mid1970s to pursue a masters. The yiddish book center national yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts, united states, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books represent.
The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to. A special collaboration with the national yiddish book center amherst, ma in the 1980s and 90s, the jpl recorded some of montreals last europeanborn native yiddish reading the most popular yiddish books, creating the worlds largest collection of unabridged yiddish audio books. Email november update from the national yiddish book center. As founder of the national yiddish book center he aimed not togather a single copy of every yiddish book published, but to rescue every single yiddish book which was headed for or had already gone in the dumpster skip. New yorks yiddish theater museum of the city of new york. Upcoming yiddish events congress for jewish culture. Founded in 1980 by macarthur fellow aaron lansky, the center works to rescue yiddish and other modern jewish books and celebrate. The decade of discovery is a new initiative of the yiddish book center designed to foster a deeper understanding of yiddish and modern jewish culture. Some of the greatest jewish teachers from around the world will be on hand. It will be used to digitize the centers books some of them a century. The center s work is intellectually and emtionally inspiring. The national yiddish book center offers online access to the full texts of nearly 11,000 outofprint yiddish titles. National yiddish book center is a libraries, historical societies and landmark preservation charity located in amherst, ma. National yiddish book center, hampshire college, 1021 west st.
National yiddish book center, cultural institution dedicated to collecting and distributing endangered yiddish books and, through programs and education, opening up their contents to new readers. Yiddish purimshpil program at the national yiddish book center in amherst, ma free and open to the public. As the worlds only comprehensive supplier of yiddish books, the book center helped establish yiddish collections at more than 600 great libraries, including harvard, yale, library of congress, the british library, hebrew university in continued. National yiddish book center jewish virtual library. Its books, its library, its programs invite you to experience a world that has almost disappeared,the world of yiddish culture. Yiddish radio host ben gailings freylekher kabtsn happy pauper program was a fixture in boston homes for over sixtyseven years, from 1931 until his death at the age of 100 in april 1999.
National yiddish book center hosts a wide variet of events. How yiddish changed america and how america changed yiddish. But this brings me to the other and by far happier homecoming. The ninth annual yidstock takes place at the yiddish book center from july. Charlene scott of member station wfcr in amherst reports on the opening of the national yiddish book center.
Archive from monday, november 2, 2009 lecture by aaron. The national yiddish book center artsboston calendar. Located in amherst, massachusetts, the center safeguards a collection of 1. National yiddish book center in pioneer valley attraction. Amherst joan nathan is a public television star and cookbook author whose specialty is jewish food from around the world. I worked at national yiddish book center fulltime pros better compensation than many jobs available in the area talented, whipsmart, overqualified support staff beautiful physical location meaningful mission some departments fair much better than others a decent place to learn the ropes ample room for entrylevel staff. National yiddish book center in amherst, ma librarything local. The achievements of the yiddish book center have been recognized both with a macarthur genius grant for our president and founder, aaron lansky, and by the receipt of the national medal for museum and library service in 2014. Dear friend, take a look at our fellows blog, tsum yarid, for a glimpse of the many projects underway at the book center. Please visit their website for information and reservations. The yiddish book center is a beautiful place architectuarlly and spiritually.
The decade of discovery is a national initiative of the yiddish book center designed to foster a deeper understanding of yiddish and jewish culture. The national yiddish book center will hold its 14th annual summer program in jewish culture 28 june 3 july, 1998. A history from colonial times to today by pamela s. The national yiddish book center harry and jeanette weinberg building 1021 west street amherst, ma 01002 phone. In partnership with the yiddish book center and the decade of discovery. The center has rescued more than a million yiddish books, redistributing many to university libraries across the country and preserving some 14,000 volumes through digitization. She is visiting the national yiddish book center here for. These titles were scanned under the auspices of the steven spielberg digital yiddish library, and have been made available online through the internet archive. Phoenix wyatt steiner summer yiddish program coordinator. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish and modern jewish literature and culture. How a mensch from massachusetts saved yiddish literature for generations to come by sue macy. Yiddish tomes go digital with diy scanner the forward. The event will be recorded and posted on our website. The amazing adventures of a man who rescued one million books.
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