Boris rubenstein was interviewed by christa whitney on may 15, 2011 at the yiddish book center. National yiddish book centernational 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. The national yiddish book center is far more than a repository for rare books. Many are also available digitally from the yiddish national book center. The national yiddish book center on the campus of hampshire college has been open since 1997, a facility open to the public to encourage exploration of yiddish culture and modern jewish literature. The book centers 37,000squarefoot heymishmodern building in amherst, ma, is a lebedike velt a lively world featuring an open yiddish book repository, theatres, art galleries, museum exhibitions about yiddish language and culture, and programs in literature, music, art, film, and theater hours. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish and modern jewish literature and culture. Aaron lanskys yearend letter aarons annual letter to yiddish book center members, december 2018. 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. To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the national yiddish book center, staff members planned a party and hoped for a crowd of 1,000. Aaron lansky, the legendary visionary behind the national yiddish book center, often notes that well over 90% of yiddish literature is not yet translated into english. Dec 12, 2019 ucla houses an abundance of locally published books in yiddish. It is one of ten western massachusetts museums constituting the museums10.
National yiddish book center db finder umd libraries. Yiddish book center amherst 2020 all you need to know. National yiddish book center hosts a wide variet of events. Visitors are always welcome at our architecturally distinctive museum and visitors center, designed to recall a shtetlthe iconic jewish town of eastern europeand set on a tenacre apple orchard at the edge of the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts. The burning child creates a psychic mapping of vienna through an exploration of its architectural interiors, set against the backdrop of austrias troubled past. We offer fellowships and courses for high school students. This is the national yiddish book center company profile. Opened in 1997 and still expanding, the center is a trove of cultural treasures spanning nearly 1,000 years of. Yiddish book center, 1021 west st, amherst, ma 2020.
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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. Email march update from the yiddish book center yiddish. From university of california libraries list, the university of floridas literature for children collection, the national yiddish book center, the new york public library, international childrens digital library, and other libraries. Sophie spencerzavos culturalcontent intern national. National yiddish theatre folksbiene, new york, new york. Beginning with the centers 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at national yiddish book center. The worlds first yiddish museum, the yiddish book center is home to extensive permanent and visiting exhibits on yiddish and jewish culture. The national yiddish book center harry and jeanette weinberg building 1021 west street amherst, ma 01002 phone. Youll find accounts of a trip to collect the donated library of a yiddish author. Find cheap deals and discount rates among them that best fit your budget. 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. The national yiddish book center was founded in 1980 by macarthur fellow aaron lansky, who continues to lead the organization as its president. Yiddish literature has been savedthese books were literally in dumpsters and rotting ion basements.
Visitors are always welcome at our architecturally distinctive museum and visitors center, designed to recall a shtetlthe iconic jewish town of eastern europeand set on a tenacre apple orchard at the edge of the campus of hampshire college in amherst. The longest running consecutivelyproducing professional yiddish theatre in the world. The national yiddish book center artsboston calendar. Oct 16, 2019 books for children from around the world. National yiddish book center in amherst, ma librarything. Yiddish book center in amherst yiddish book center 1021. National yiddish book center jewish virtual library. 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. The extraordinary wealth of untranslated literature in the language means that you can potentially turn your interest in the yiddish language into something very lucrative indeed. For general inquiries, call us at 42564900 or email us at email protected or by using the form below.
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National yiddish book center 1021 west st amherst, ma. The national yiddish book center was founded in 1980 by macarthur. National yiddish book center inc guidestar profile. Ucla houses an abundance of locally published books in yiddish. National yiddish book center in amherst, ma librarything local. Less than 48 hours after the yiddish edition of harry potter and the sorcerers stone, translated by arun viswanath, became available for preorder, the book sold out its first print run. These titles were scanned under the auspices of the steven spielberg digital yiddish library, and have been made available online through the internet archive. Until recently, 15 of these books have been available and. Yiddish book center 1021 west st, amherst, ma 01002. Directions and hours can be found in our visit section. A history from colonial times to today by pamela s.
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Were a twohour drive from boston, three hours from new york, and one hour from the berkshires. 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. 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 yiddishlanguage books and to celebrating yiddish culture through films, lectures, and other public events. 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. As of mid june, the scanner is the newest acquisition of the national yiddish book center, in amherst, massachusetts. Dear friend, take a look at our fellows blog, tsum yarid, for a glimpse of the many projects underway at the book center. When he was a 23yearold graduate student, lansky stumbled upon an alarming fact. Yiddish book center 30 photos performing arts 1021 west st. It will be used to digitize the centers books some of them a century. Our priority now is to advance knowledge of the content and literary and cultural progeny of the books weve saved. National yiddish book center cultural center in amherst.
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