The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization that works to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating yiddish books and p. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at national yiddish book center. 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. It has a website called taitch, where a community of. Part of the yiddish book centers online lecture series sholem aleichem. 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. Thats why the college and the national yiddish book center partnered to create a yiddish language class, with a teacher shared by the two institutions. They can be built from books found in the garbage, like the yiddish book center in amherst, mass. Home the yiddish book centers great jewish books teacher. Aug 17, 2016 below are yiddish books by women translated into english in book form, arranged by genre. Contributors the yiddish book centers great jewish books. She is also a twotime alumna of the yiddish book centers steiner summer yiddish program, and a former yiddish book center fellow. National yiddish book center is a libraries, historical societies and landmark preservation charity located in amherst, ma. Yiddishlanguage specialist intern for the yiddish book centers wexler oral history project.
Yiddish book center store 1021 west street amherst, ma 01002 42564900 ext. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish and modern jewish literature and culture. Yiddish literature has been savedthese books were literally in dumpsters and rotting ion basements. Volunteers should be comfortable working with groups, speaking with visitors, using a cash register, and should have an interest in yiddish culture. 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. A life in fact and fiction is a lecture series by professor jeremy dauber, the atran professor of yiddish language, literature, and culture in the department of germanic languages at columbia university, specializing in yiddish and jewish literature, american jewish culture and american studies. 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. In 1980, when he was a 23yearold graduate student, aaron lansky stumbled upon an alarming fact. The frances brandt online yiddish audio library contains lectures by and interviews with yiddish writers, recorded at the jewish public library of montreal between 1953 and 2005.
Charity navigator rating for national yiddish book center. About the yiddish book center yiddish book center store. Yiddish book center museums northampton chamber of. Contributors the yiddish book centers great jewish. Its books, its library, its programs invite you to experience a world that has almost disappeared,the world of yiddish culture. 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. Center for jewish history employment opportunities. Below are yiddish books by women translated into english in book form, arranged by genre.
The steven spielberg digital yiddish library includes more than 11,000 yiddish titles available to read online or download free of charge. 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 centers internship program has given dozens of students a valuable foundation for notable careers in the fields of jewish studies. Alexis aaeng is a graduate of the university of colorado boulder, where she received a dual degree in history and jewish studies and wrote her undergraduate thesis about yiddish radio. The great jewish books programs draw on the million yiddish books recovered by the center, as well as on jewish books written in other languages. Yiddish book scholarships have supported undergraduates, graduates, readers and teachers in their ongoing study of yiddish literature. Yiddish book center picks shaker heights library for. Nov 14, 2012 thats why the college and the national yiddish book center partnered to create a yiddish language class, with a teacher shared by the two institutions. Youll find accounts of a trip to collect the donated library of a yiddish author. This site is made possible with support from the jim joseph foundation, which is devoted to fostering compelling, effective jewish learning experiences for youth and young adults in the u. Yiddishbookcenter yiddish book center free listening on.
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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 jerusalem, and national libraries in. Translations also appear in journals such as bridges, in geveb, pakn treger, and on the yiddish book centers website. How a mensch from massachusetts saved yiddish literature for generations to come by sue macy. Beginning with the centers 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme. National yiddish book center jewish virtual library.
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The partner collections total more than five miles of archival material and span nearly a thousand years of. The national yiddish book center was founded in 1980 by macarthur fellow aaron lansky, who continues to lead the organization as its president. National yiddish book center inc guidestar profile. The center for jewish history is home to five partnersamerican jewish historical society, american sephardi federation, leo baeck institute, yeshiva university museum, and yivo institute for jewish research. Youll find permanent and visiting exhibits, an englishlanguage bookstore, and two performance halls where you can enjoy a yearround schedule of educational programs, concerts, films. In the course of his studies, lansky realized that untold numbers of irreplaceable yiddish books were being discarded by americanborn jews unable to read the language of their. The yiddish book center s podcast includes conversations with jewish culture makers, plus news and stories related to yiddish literature, language, and culture amherst, ma.
The center s internship program has given dozens of students a valuable foundation for notable careers in the fields of jewish studies and education. The national yiddish book center pays people to translate a small number of yiddish books each year. Yiddish book center amherst 2020 all you need to know. The yiddish book centers podcast includes conversations with jewish culture makers, plus news and stories related to yiddish literature, language, and culture amherst, ma. She is also a twotime alumna of the yiddish book centers steiner summer yiddish program, and a. National yiddish book center is rated 3 out of 4 stars by charity navigator. Dear friend, take a look at our fellows blog, tsum yarid, for a glimpse of the many projects underway at the book center. Yiddishbookcenter yiddish book center free listening.
The lowstress way to find your next yiddish job opportunity is on simplyhired. Conducting a tour of the national yiddish book center, aaron lanksy, the centers founder and president, had much to show off. The yiddish book center was founded in 1980 by aaron lansky, then a twentyfouryearold graduate student of yiddish literature and, as of 2016, the center s president. The yiddish book centers wexler oral history project offers volunteer positions, as well as internships for college students and recent graduates. Shaker heights public library has been selected for the yiddish book centers coming to america reading groups for public libraries.
Zachary albert teaches world war ii and holocaust history at the rashi school in dedham, ma, and is a holocaust testimony indexer for the university of southern california shoah foundation. In 2014, the yiddish book center was awarded a national medal for museums and libraries, according to the release, the nations highest medal conferred on a museum or library, at a white house. The yiddish book center is now accepting applications for. This is the national yiddish book center company profile. Visit the yiddish book center and enter a lebedike velt, a lively world of jewish culture. Buy books make a donation about cyco our blog calendar of yiddish events history of yiddish for beginners yiddish links cyco publishing housecyco records tel.
The yiddish book center is now accepting applications for the. Joe gets suspended from the union yiddish book center. 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 yiddish book center works to rescue yiddish and other modern jewish books and open up their content to the world. Yiddish books by women in english translation poetry hayah rahel andres. It is one of ten western massachusetts museums constituting the museums10 consortium. Youll find permanent and visiting exhibits, an englishlanguage bookstore, and two performance halls where you can enjoy a yearround schedule of educational programs, concerts, films, and events. Before joining the yiddish book center she was international scholar coordinator at the center for world languages at the five colleges, a consortium of amherst, hampshire, mount holyoke and smith colleges and the university of massachusetts amherst.
The translation fellowship program is part of the centers larger translation initiative to train and mentor a new generation of yiddish translators and publish newly translated works. National yiddish book center located on the hampshire campus, the national yiddish book center creates innovative programs to inspire readers and students who want to learn more about jewish history and culture. Yiddish book centers shift makes many uneasy the boston globe. She holds a ba in french language and literature from smith college. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish. Read, discuss, argue about, and fall in love with modern jewish literature. Oct 24, 2015 they can be built from books found in the garbage, like the yiddish book center in amherst, mass. Part of the yiddish book center s online lecture series sholem aleichem. Visitor programs welcomed approximately 10,000 visitors and offered permanent and traveling exhibitions and interpretive tours. Shevi glassman herbstman 16jul2016 yiddish book center.
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