Yiddish book center 1021 west street amherst, ma 01002. Dana szeflanbell, child survivor of the holocaust and native of warsaw, poland, was interviewed by christa whitney on may 15, 2011 at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. For a dying literature, a digital savior the new york times. 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 center s forthcoming yiddish textbook, and.
Lansky began collecting discarded yiddish books in the 1970s while studying the language as a graduate student at mcgill university. The center, which has the largest collection of yiddish literature in the world, was founded in. For those enrolled in university, cool yiddish related internships abound. The yiddish book center national yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire. We estimate that the center s website has more than 6 million individual. When the work is done, there will be a new place for people of all ages and backgrounds to come and learn about the roots of modern jewish culture and creativity. Klezkanada, yiddish book center, national yiddish book center, wexler oral history project, nybc, ybc, yiddish, jewish culture.
The center, which has the largest collection of yiddish literature in the world, was founded in 1980. The national yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to rescue yiddish books and share their content with the world. National yiddish book center has been rated by charity navigator for 16 years and receives 3 out of 4 stars. Book search may save yiddish from extinction orlando. Charity navigator programs for national yiddish book center. The awards, held in partnership with the uk publishers association, celebrate publishing success in seventeen categories and represent the best publishing ambassadors, innovative publishing, and ground. Cultural encounters, were featuring a podcast with faith jones about her work translating the experimental yiddish poet celia dropkin, a dadaist sound poem about coney island from the late 1930s, and an article about detroits soulful yiddish poet, ezra korman. The collection of yiddish publications stem to a large degree from donations and. The jewish enrichment center is a laboratory school that raises a childs voice in jewish learning. Each year, the center receives about 40 applications for an average of 8 slots, depending on funding. Give the gift of yiddish book center membership to your friends and family. 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. First lady michelle obama will present the national. Many have been cataloged and then sold or donated to libraries around the world.
Yiddish book centers shift makes many uneasy the boston. Zachary gozali, member, board of directors at national. The grant supports the ybcs great jewish books program, training teachers of modern jewish literature. It is a light and airy structure that recalls a wooden synagogue in one of eastern europes. The organization has received 3, 2 and 1 stars in the past. National yiddish book center jewish virtual library. National yiddish book center, cultural institution dedicated to collecting and distributing endangered yiddish books and, through programs and. New ncjf restoration lost 1919 silent film broken barriers khavah first american film adaptation of sholem aleichem. National center for jewish films annual film festival postponed from may until september 2020 museum of fine arts boston coolidge corner theatre donate to ncjf join our mailing list. Yiddish book center 1021 west street amherst, ma 01002 tel. Zachary gozali is member, board of directors at national yiddish book center inc. You will be directed to institutions looking for book donations and their donation procedures. National yiddish book center receives 3 out of 4 stars from charity navigator.
We will be happy to send you an acknowledgment letter stating the number of items we receive. Online collection of more than 700 yizkor books produced by the nypl and the national yiddish book center. 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. Since our founding in 1980, weve rescued more than a million yiddish books.
The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish. The national yiddish book center, based in amherst, ma, is a lively, nonprofit organization working to rescue yiddish and other modern jewish books and celebrate the culture they contain. Yiddish book center www site, viewed 4 october 2011. Located in amherst, massachusetts, the center safeguards a collection of 1. On july 5 of this year, the foremost yiddish scholar of the postwar generation, an israeli citizen, died in warsaw, poland, and was buried in the jewish cemetery on okapowa street. The yiddish book center announced that it has been shortlisted for the 2019 london book fair international excellence awards in the category of the literary translation initiative award.
Yiddish literature that thrived from 1864 to 1939 is being digitized and. National yiddish book center logo jewish womens archive. In honor of national poetry month and the yiddish book center s decade of discovery theme for this year, yiddish in america. Digital yiddish library, courtesy of the national yiddish book center. 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. Sruli is extensively quoted as a primary source of hasidic music and philosophy in the journal of the society of ethnomusicology springsummer 2007 and he is profiled as a contemporary jewish educator for the wexner oral history project at the national yiddish book center. Wisse lauds the national yiddish book center as the most exciting new venture in american jewish institutional life since the founding of aipac. Great jewish stories from eastern europe and beyond. The national yiddish book center of amherst, mass, will be moving the 250,000 yiddish books it has rescued from all over north america in the past four years into a new and spacious haven next week. Efim chorny 23august2011 yiddish book center by yiddish book center allie usage attributionnoncommercialno derivative works 3. Apr 28, 2014 boston jta the national yiddish book center was named one of 10 recipients of the nations highest honor for libraries and museums.
Yiddish book center jewish federation of the berkshires. Donating yiddish books is simple, its easy, its tax deductibleand best of all, its a mitsve to donate books to the center, email us at email protected or phone us at 42564900, ext. See who you know at national yiddish book center, leverage your professional network, and get hired. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit, taxexempt organization under section 501c3 of the internal revenue code, and all donations of books are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
Yiddish book center shortlisted for the london book fair. The book s central story is the memoir of an immigrant yiddish poet who was born into a world of chaos and poverty, discovered love at the same time as loss, carries a terrible secret, and has long outlived his readers. Yiddish center seeks to expand jewish telegraphic agency. Yiddish book center amherst 2020 all you need to know. Since 2011, weve run an independent sunday and afterschool in hyde park, chicago, where children are cocreators of judaism. Visitor programs welcomed approximately 10,000 visitors and offered permanent and. The jewish enrichment center is recognized nationally as an exceptional model of. Charity navigator rating for national yiddish book center. Yiddish book centers spielberg digital yiddish library. Aaron lansky, the president of the national yiddish book center. Its books, its library, its programs invite you to experience a world that has almost disappeared,the world of yiddish culture.
And urieli wanted to donate it to the yiddish book center so its books could. We are not currently fulfilling online orders, as the yiddish book center has closed its building to protect visitors and staff during the covid19 pandemic. Yes, the yiddish book center has made its debut in fiction. Advertisement new york, may 9 jta until recently, it seemed you could find yiddish books only in obscure libraries or the attic of. Founder aaron lansky said changes at the national yiddish book center in amherst had been planned for four years.
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. Books and periodicals in yiddish the royal library. The 14th street y, the educational alliance, the museum at eldridge street, the new york klezmer series, the stanton street shul, the town and village synagogue, the sholem aleichem cultural center, the workers circle, the yivo institute for jewish research, the national yiddish theatre, folksbiene, the yiddish book center, the center for. Your support allows us to continue our work rescuing yiddish books and sharing their content and literary and cultural progeny with new audiences. National yiddish book center receiving top library medal. After working at the national yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts, she began working at the national wwii museum in 2008, where she has since facilitated the acquisition of thousands of artifacts, led numerous museum tours, and curated several exhibits including guests of the third reich. The great books list, released by the national yiddish book center, and wisses book the modern jewish canon discuss works in yiddish, hebrew, english, russian, french, dutch, polish and czech. National yiddish book center in amherst, ma librarything.
Founded in 1980 by aaron lansky, the center was one of the first organizations in america dedicated to the preservation of yiddish. National yiddish book center archives jewish currents. 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. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit institution, and its programs are funded by contributions from over 30,000 as of 2005 members, and gifts and grants. National yiddish book center has a program expense percentage of 63. New software for searching words in digitized yiddish books many. Charity navigator irs data for national yiddish book center.
Were about to break ground on the 21,000squarefoot addition to the national yiddish book center s permanent headquarters in amherst, ma. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Email april update from the national yiddish book center. Just three weeks earlier, on june 15, the new home of the national yiddish book center was dedicated in amherst, massachusetts. When he was a 23yearold graduate student, lansky stumbled upon an alarming fact. Special to the jta a treasure trove of yiddish books.
Aaron lansky, the founder of the national yiddish book center nybc, was born in new bedford, massachusetts on this date in 1956. Inside the very attractive building we saw a short film that tells the story of how one mans search for yiddish books to read lead to the creation of this huge book collection and. Since the yiddish book centers collection of 10,000 titles constitutes the majority of. If you want to donate these books to a local organization that serves the wider community, contact your local public library. Make your check payable to yiddish book center and mail to. Had a very enjoyable visit to the yiddish book center on the beautiful hampshire college campus. National yiddish book center is a libraries, historical societies and landmark preservation charity located in amherst, ma.
This is especially relevant for rare books in yiddish, which are collected by the national yiddish book center. View zachary gozalis professional profile on relationship science, the database of decision makers. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. The students learn yiddish half the day and help shelve. National yiddish book center is rated 3 out of 4 stars by charity navigator.
Support the yiddish book center yiddish book center. Additionally, i thinkmore than nearly anywherethe yiddish book center manages to walk an amazing line, delivering an institution which is both scholarly and entertaining, both an endless resource for serious scholars and a perfectly welcoming and easy to navigate world for the complete newbie. Anna gonshor dec2011 yiddish book center internet archive. Visitor programs welcomed approximately 10,000 visitors and offered permanent and traveling exhibitions and interpretive tours. National yiddish book center language english yiddish selftaughtcover electronic reproduction. Learn about working at national yiddish book center. Feel free to browse our store, but be aware that the shopping cart is disabled. Rating for national yiddish book center charity navigator. The untold story of the greatest yiddish poet in america. A software program that reads yiddish new england public.
Founded in 1980 by aaron lansky, the center was one of the first organizations in america dedicated to the preservation of yiddish literature and culture. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. The national yiddish book center s headquarters is on the campus of hampshire college in amherst, mass. Contact these institutions and describe your collection. The national yiddish book center was started 16 years ago to salvage a vanishing language no longer taught in most jewish communities and spoken mostly by the very old.
Based on a score of 100, charity navigator rated the yiddish book center 79. 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 yiddish book center is working to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating yiddish books and. The yiddish book center in amherst, ma is a nonprofit organization working to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating yiddish. Courtesy of the yiddish book center, amherst, ma in the mid1990s, pioneering american filmmaker joan micklin silverwho is being celebrated at the 2017 westchester jewish film festivaldirected the outstanding part radio series great jewish stories from eastern europe and beyond for national public radio and the national yiddish book center. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 4. The number of translations available into english is increasing. 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 national yiddish book center is a vibrant, nonprofit organization working to rescue yiddish and other modern jewish books and celebrate the culture they contain. 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. If you would like to donate to a jewish congregation, school or retirement home, contact your local jewish federation. Songs for the butchers daughter was recently named the 2008 winner of the national jewish book award in fiction. May 04, 2007 the national yiddish book center is trying to double the size of its amherst, mass. 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. In 2010, the organization dropped the initial word national from its name, and is currently known as yiddish book center.
The national yiddish book center is trying to double the size of its amherst, mass. Anna gonshor, faculty lecturer of yiddish studies at mcgill university and montrealbased yiddish activist, was interviewed by sara israel on december, 2011 at the montreal jewish public library in montreal, quebec, canada. National advisory board center for small town jewish life. More than 10,000 of our titles are now available freeofcharge through the open content alliance. Boston jta the national yiddish book center was named one of 10 recipients of the nations highest honor for libraries and museums.
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