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. Jewish boxers, wrestlers showcased at yiddish book center. Massachusetts is the home of several major national jewish institutions. The yiddish book center is working to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating yiddish books and. The center offers public programs related to yiddish and jewish culture. Yiddish book center amherst 2020 all you need to know. The great jewish books summer program, now in its eighth year, brings together rising high school juniors and seniors from across the country to read, discuss, argue about, and fall in love with modern jewish literature. The center is home to permanent and travelling exhibits, a yiddish book repository, educational programs, and the annual yidstock. Yiddish has a brand new bag of cash thanks to the late comedy writer mickey ross who surprised the national yiddish book center in amherst, mass.
The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish. The jca is a welcoming, egalitarian synagogue affiliated with the jewish reconstructionist federation. 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. The jca is a welcoming, egalitarian synagogue affiliated with the. 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. 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. As an older generation passed on, more often than not their precious jewish volumes were. Yiddish fight club on exhibit at the yiddish book center. 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. In the jewish mainstream, interest in yiddish may be growing, says neil zagorin, bibliographer at the national yiddish book center in amherst, mass. The jewish world through the yiddish looking glass.
Aaron lansky led an initially quixotic campaign to save yiddish books and, in the process, yiddish culture. 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. 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 visiting exhibit yiddish fight club, open at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts now through sept.
Portnoy will speak about yiddish fight club at a free gallery talk at the yiddish book center on sunday, june 19, at 2 p. Shop the yiddish book center museum store for curated jewish literature and yiddishrelated gifts. With his macarthur money, he opened the national yiddish book center in amherst, which houses the worlds largest collection of yiddish literature and is now one of the most visited and talked about jewish tourist destinations in the world. Man who saved a million books writes one of his own. Located in amherst, massachusetts, the center safeguards a collection of 1. The great jewish books summer program, now in its eighth year, brings together rising high school juniors and seniors from across the country to read, discuss, argue about, and fall in love with modern jewish. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,819, making it the highest populated municipality in hampshire county although the county seat is northampton. Joan nathans 15 favorite jewish foods jewish telegraphic. The life and death of a jewish community in the yiddish book centers brechner gallery through april 10 captures the nuance of that story, focusing on. Yiddish book center performing arts 1021 west st, amherst, ma. Volunteers at the jca are the lifeblood and the nefesh the soul of our community. National yiddish book center in amherst, ma librarything local. The exhibit features yiddish childrens book illustrations, created by artists who often contributed their work to other aspects of yiddish culture as well, such as satirical. Yiddish book center in amherst yiddish book center 1021.
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. Rabbi benjamin weiner leads our pursuit of jewish learning, spirituality and activism. View all attractions near yiddish book center on tripadvisor. The actual correspondence of a young jewish couple separated by the fear of persecution in nazi germany is recovered by their grandchildren 80 years later. View all hotels near yiddish book center on tripadvisor. Through the create a jewish legacy program you can make an impact on the future of our jewish community with your legacy gift. 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. The jewish book center of the workmens circle is an excellent online resource whose mission is to preserve the unique beauty of jewish and yiddish culture. February 21, 2006 director of media relations 45428417. Federation board members and staff jewish federation of. The yiddish book centers building is closed but our work continues online. The yiddish book center s building is temporarily closed, but our work continues online and on social media.
Beginning with the centers 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme. In 1997, the yiddish book center moved to its current site in amherst, massachusetts, a 49,000squarefoot complex that echoes the rooflines of an east european shtetl jewish town. Medfield reads of the medfield public library organized a tour from the library to the yiddish book center in amherst, mass. Jewish federation of western massachusetts serving hampden. 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. Its books, its library, its programs invite you to experience a world that has almost disappeared,the world of yiddish culture. Stanford university professor steven zipperstein will headline the yiddish book centers spring community open house on sunday, april 30, from 10 a. The town is home to amherst college, hampshire college, and the university of massachusetts amherst. Advertisement new york, may 9 jta until recently, it seemed you could find yiddish books only in obscure libraries or the attic of. Jul 3, 2019 springfield when children whose families have escaped repressive regimes in africa arrive in western massachusetts for a new life find out that they have a chance to go to camp, they dont envision a place where they can play soccer, frisbee, tackle a high. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization that works to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing. Innerst ruth bader ginsburg, who notes in an afterword that his illustrations were inspired by chagall, contributes dramatic, textural acrylic and gouache images, with sculptural figures.
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. Amherst the yiddish book center is now accepting applications for its great jewish books summer program and great jewish books teacher summer seminar. Ilan stavans, the lewissebring professor of latin american and latino culture at amherst college, recently received the national jewish book award for the schocken book of modern sephardic literature, which he edited in 2005. Yiddish book center summer programs massachusetts jewish. The yiddish book center, at 1021 west street, amherst, is. The yiddish book center is a beautiful place architectuarlly and spiritually. Born in brooklyn in 1934 to nathan and ida glazer, he graduated from city college in new york with a degree in sociology and history. The yiddish book center, a cultural and educational center, library, and museum that aims to broaden awareness of and accessibility to yiddish and. On this day in 1989, an amherst man who had spent more than a decade scrounging in dumpsters, basements, and attics was awarded a macarthur foundation genius grant. Jewish resources at umass amherst religious and spiritual life. J in the press springfield jewish community center. National yiddish book center jewish virtual library.
Organized in conjunction with the yiddish book center in amherst, mass. The yiddish book center, at 1021 west street, amherst, is open sunday to. May 09, 2002 the national yiddish book center in amherst, mass. How a mensch from massachusetts saved yiddish literature for generations to come by sue macy. The yiddish book center works to rescue yiddish and other modern jewish books and open up their content to the world. The menorah society, the first jewish intercollegiate movement, was organized at harvard university in 1906. The visiting exhibit through the yiddish looking glass. Ilan stavans, the lewissebring professor of latin american and latino culture at amherst college, recently received the national jewish book award for the schocken book of modern sephardic literature, which he edited in 2005 a member of the amherst faculty since 1993, stavans is also author. First lady michelle obama presented a 2014 national medal for museum and library service to the yiddish book center, of amherst, mass. Yiddish book center summer programs massachusetts jewish ledger. Review of yiddish book center, amherst, ma tripadvisor.
New play inspired by holocaust exhibit at umass amherst to. The yiddish book center national yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire college in amherst. A nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish and modern jewish literature and culture. The newman catholic center, located on the umass amherst campus, serves the students, faculty, and staff of the university and the five college area through events, worship, prayer, community service, and special happenings.
Advertisement new york, may 9 jta until recently, it seemed you could find yiddish books only in. Man who saved a million books writes one of his own the. Founded in 1980, lanskys yiddish book center in amherst, mass. Yiddish book center jewish federation of the berkshires. May 09, 2014 first lady michelle obama presented a 2014 national medal for museum and library service to the yiddish book center, of amherst, mass. The art of yiddish childrens literature is on view at the yiddish book center in the centers brechner gallery through the fall of 2018. Present company excluded, a new play inspired by an exhibit at the institute for holocaust, genocide, and memory studies at the university of massachusetts amherst, will be performed by the drama studio this weekend at the yiddish book center in amherst. 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. It will probably not again be the vernacular or cultural language of the jewish masses the way it was before the holocaust.
The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to. 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. New play inspired by holocaust exhibit at umass amherst to be. National yiddish book center in amherst, ma librarything. The collection contains original yiddish novels, plays, poetry, nonfiction, periodicals, and sheet music, most in duplicate copies. Opportunities for children and their families to learn, grow, and celebrate in jewish community. Written by doug foresta and directed by dan morbyrne, the play is based the reallife. The free daylong event features a lecture by zipperstein on the kishinev pogrom of 1903. Visitors are always welcome at our architecturally distinctive museum and visitors center, designed to recall a shtetl the 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 yiddish book centers building is temporarily closed, but our work continues online and on social media. 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. A history from colonial times to today by pamela s. Yiddish book center and mystic aquarium receive top award. Springfield jewish community center summer childrens camp welcomes refugees. A thousand kissespresents a love story tainted by the harsh historical context of its time, with a light touch and reallife poetry.
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