The yiddish book center is now accepting applications for the. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization that works to tell the. We strive to post the most current and accurate event information but changes and cancellations do occur so please check. At the time, scholars believed just 70,000 volumes were still extant and recoverable. Yiddish in america, a new series of episodes on judaism unbounds podcast presented in partnership with the yiddish book centers decade of discovery. The yiddish book center s bibliographer david mazower reveals his personal top ten. Community open house at the yiddish book center presented.
Yidstock 2020 is sponsored by wamc northeast public radio, klezkanada, ashkenaz, and tablet magazine. We offer a yearround schedule of films, talks, concerts, family programs, and other special events. The festival of new yiddish music, films, and events. People had diverging ideas when they looked upon me shimmering in my aquatic array. This live event will be presented via zoom and will stream live on the yiddish book center s facebook page. Its books, its library, its programs invite you to experience a world that has almost disappeared,the world of yiddish culture. A new yiddish textbook, assembled a talented team of fellows, editors, designers, illustrators, and academic advisors, and after many years of dauntless effort the book will be ready for the. The ninth annual yidstock takes place at the yiddish book center from july 912, 2020. Additional funding for this site has been provided by the applebaum foundation and by yiddish book center members. The yiddish book center s founder and president offers an update on the latest at the center. Were sorry, the deadline for buying tickets for this event has passed. Jan 21, 2020 the traveling exhibition now at the yiddish book center, a shtetl in the sun, was organized by the jewish museum of floridafiu, and has traveled to museums and galleries around the world.
Our priority now is to advance knowledge of the content and literary and cultural progeny of the books weve saved. The centers building is closed due to the covid19 emergency, but our work goes on online and on social media. National yiddish book center is rated 3 out of 4 stars by charity navigator. Community open house at the yiddish book center the. Please click here for tickets and a full schedule of events. Yiddish book center amherst, ma brown paper tickets. In 1980, when he was a 23yearold graduate student, aaron lansky stumbled upon an alarming fact. The national yiddish book center was founded in 1980 by macarthur fellow aaron lansky, who continues to lead the organization as its president. The burning child creates a psychic mapping of vienna through an exploration of its architectural interiors, set against the backdrop of austrias troubled past. Yiddish book center presents free, weekly virtual public programsview the calendar of events. Jewish presence in eastern europe, 20042012 will be in the yiddish book center s brechner gallery through october 15, 2017. Find inspiration for future travel with a digital 201920 guide to the berkshires. Polina shepherds choir work is united underneath the umbrella of the polina shepherd vocal experience and covers many aspects of vocal music, from solo voice to largescale choral improvisation to highly arranged and conducted choir pieces and smaller chamber groups.
Asya vaisman schulman, director of the yiddish book centers yiddish language institute and editor of in eynem. Master calendar event details the yiddish book center. The enhanced artsboston calendar is your goto resource to discover all things arts and culture including whats playing on stages and in concert halls, free festivals, exhibitions, and more. Socalled explores his creative process in conversation with seth rogovoy. Click here to purchase tickets to individual events. Featuring brett sokol, journalist and editor of shtetl in the sun. As an older generation passed on, their jewish volumes were. Saving a million yiddish books was just the beginning.
We will reevaluate other upcoming spring events as the situation evolves. The 2019 melinda rosenblatt lecture presented by pamela nadell. A history from colonial times to today, presented by pamela nadell. Special attention will be paid to typical movement patterns and body language that make even freestyle dancing yiddish. 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. 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. Yiddish book center museums northampton chamber of. Youll find a million yiddish books, permanent and visiting exhibits, an englishlanguage bookstore, and a yearround schedule of educational programs, concerts, lectures, films, and special events, including yidstock. The yiddish book center works to rescue yiddish and other modern jewish books and open up their content to the world. National yiddish book center in amherst, ma librarything. The anthologys coeditors are josh lambert, academic director of the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts and incoming director of the jewish studies program at wellesley college and a ph.
When he was a 23yearold graduate student, lansky stumbled upon an alarming fact. Our zoom event, hosted by the yiddish book center, how yiddish changed america and how america changed yiddish with ilan stavans, josh lambert, and avinoam patt, is now available for viewing at the following link. The festival of new yiddish music brings the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. Charity navigator rating for national yiddish book center. Andy sweets south beach, 19771980 thursday, june 4, 7 p. At the peak of its popularity, new yorks catskills regiondubbed the borscht belt because of its popularity with jewish vacationerswas home to hundreds of hotels, vacation bungalows, and clubs where top comedians and other performers regularly appeared. Come to the yiddish book center and enter a lebedike velt a lively world of jewish culture. Events the institute for israel and jewish studies. Yiddish book center bibliographer david mazower reveals the story behind three exquisite limitededition art books. 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. Since the end of wwii in 1945, many jews from eastern and central europe viewed italy as the byway to israel, and although blockades and quotas had significantly prolonged their tenure in italian displaced persons dp camps, by 1949 many had made their way to the israel. Yiddish book center launches decade of discovery to mark 40th.
He can often be found in the sheetmusic archives of the yiddish book center searching for new material and inspiration. For the health and safety of our staff and visitors, no guides can be mailed and no 202021 guide will be produced. Dont miss out on what promises to be a great festival of music and related 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. Art exhibition audition books ciycl concert concerts conference fiddler on the roof france jewish books jewish music jewish music week in toronto klezmer summit massachusetts mexican artist music naftali hilger ontario photographs poetry purim party raul anguiano rosh hashana san diego san diego opera san diego repertory theatre seminar summer. 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. The debut of cafe yiddishkayt, a new bostonarea jewish culture cabaret inspired by the international jewish cultural cabaret scenes of years past.
A shtetl in the sun, featuring photographs of jewish miami beach in the late 1970s taken by the american photographer andy sweet, is on exhibit at the yiddish book center upwards of 20,000 elderly jews made up nearly half the population of floridas south beach community in the late 1970sall crowded into an area of barely two square miles like a modernday shtetl, the small, tightly. So he took what he expected would be a twoyear leave of absence from graduate school, founded the yiddish book center, and, in the summer of 1980, issued a public appeal for unwanted and discarded yiddish books. Calendar of events the centers building is closed due to the covid19 emergency, but our work goes on online and on social media. Talk the new yiddish textbook, with asya vaisman schulman. Oct 23, 2016 the yiddish book centers founder and president offers an update on the latest at the center. You can register in advance for events through zoom in order to be part of the virtual audience and submit questions. Jewish presence in eastern europe, 20042012 will be in the yiddish book centers brechner gallery through october 15, 2017. Yiddish book center goes online with virtual public. Yiddish book center goes online with free virtual public programming amherst, mass. Two literature professors share how yiddish changed america. The kligermangreenspun performance hall is a spacious, lightfilled hall ideal for larger indoor celebrations, conferences, and events, including weddings and bar and bas mitzvahs.
A book by the same name, with 120 of sweets photographs, was published in 2019 and is already in its third printing. The yiddish book center is home to permanent and visiting exhibits. Beginning with the centers 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme. It is one of ten western massachusetts museums constituting the museums10 consortium. The yiddish book center, a cultural and educational center, library, and museum that aims to broaden awareness of and accessibility to yiddish and modern jewish literature and. In search of israeli cuisine profiles chefs, home cooks, vintners, and cheesemakers drawn from the more than 100 cultures that make up israel todayjewish, arab, muslim, christian, druze, and more. For the most uptodate information please utilize this website as it is updated daily and will be your best guide to when and how the. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish and modern jewish literature and culture. The festival of new yiddish music has been cancelled due to the covid19 emergency.
The yiddish book center has both indoor and outdoor rental spaces suitable for all occasions. Yiddish book center the berkshires official website. Coming to america sunday, february 23, 2020 28 shvat 5780 2. The rich and human story of israels diverse people. The national yiddish book center was founded in 1980 by macarthur. With musical accompaniment by accordionist lauren brody. The jewish world yiddish book center goes online with free. Home the yiddish book centers great jewish books teacher.
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. Yiddish book center amherst 2020 all you need to know. Yiddish book center, yidstock explore western mass. National yiddish book center in amherst, ma librarything local.
The festival of new yiddish music brings the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage. 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. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish. Though the yiddish book centers building in amhearst is closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organization is offering a lineup of virtual public programs, which will be broadly accessible through facebook and zoom and posted on the centers website. 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. During weekend programs at the yiddish book center, adult learners explore topics in modern jewish history and culture. A history from colonial times to today by pamela s. Its been a rizike arbeta herculean taskto create a definitive new textbook from scratch. 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. This 45minute tour takes the visitor through the yiddish book center.
How a mensch from massachusetts saved yiddish literature for generations to come by sue macy. Event space rental at the yiddish book center yiddish. Yiddish book center launches decade of discovery to mark. For rates and availability, email or call sami keats at 42564900. There are several fishy yiddish words and phrases associated with the month of adar. We offer fellowships and courses for high school students, college students. All events will be live streamed on the yiddish book center facebook page and posted to the center s website.
Yiddish book center community open house artsboston calendar. In an abundance of caution and in light of rapidly changing information about covid19, the institute for israel and jewish studies will be postponing our upcoming events through april 2, 2020. The bernard and reva broder memorial concert the klezmatics, the internationally acclaimed, grammy awardwinning modern klezmer outfit, was founded in new york city in 1986 and has been performing around the world since then. Blending instrumental and vocal virtuosity and experimentation with theatricality firmly rooted in klezmer and yiddish tradition, the klezmatics brought the revival of. And were now presenting free weekly virtual public programs.
Yidstock 2019 will bring the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book. Yiddishkeit klezmer ensemble the yiddishkeit klezmer ensemble, based in the pioneer valley and led by multiinstrumentalist brian bender, performs traditional and original freylekhs, bulgars, horas. Jewish americans in world war ii tells the profound and unique story of the 550,000 jewish men and women who served in world war ii. Director talk in search of israeli cuisine, with roger m. Yiddish book center picks shaker heights library for reading. National yiddish book center hosts a wide variet of events. National yiddish book center is a libraries, historical societies and landmark preservation charity located in amherst, ma. Festival of new yiddish music the berkshires official. David mazower is the yiddish book center s bibliographer and editorial director.
Fluent in two languages, english and yiddish, she has lived a life in the theater for over thirty years. Yiddish book center northampton chamber of commerce. The yiddish book center is now accepting applications for the 2018 translation fellowship program thursday, sep 14, 2017 up to ten translation fellows will be selected to receive yearlong mentorship and training to complete book length projects in yiddish translation. And now its even easier to save on tickets with great deals on tickets from bostix. View the events calendar for the yiddish book center s 2020 decade of discovery. A day of events featuring the 2019 melinda rosenblatt lecture. This 45minute tour takes the visitor through the yiddish book centers museum exhibits and allows them to. In this lecture, yiddish music scholar hankus netsky will explore the reasons why and consider possible paths forward. Outside of class, steiner students take part in a full schedule of social events. A shtetl in the sun, featuring photographs of jewish miami beach in the late 1970s taken by the american photographer andy sweet, is on exhibit at the yiddish book center.
A history from colonial times to today, presented by. Attendance at all classes and many extracurricular activities is required. The yiddish book center is the perfect place for family simkhes celebrations, conferences, and community functions. Judaism unbounds podcast series yiddish in america yiddish. The yiddish book center s coming to america reading groups for public libraries presents a discussion of motl the cantors son by sholom aleichem. This 45minute tour takes the visitor through the yiddish book center s museum exhibits and allows them to. Yiddish book center, 1021 west st, amherst, ma 2020. Discover the whole of yiddish literature and its writers learn about yiddish language encounter the stories of three immigrant families told through words, pictures, and artifacts experience the world of rural jews in 19121914.
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