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Sculptor Simon Kogan's commissioned work installed at the Yiddish Book Center

Yiddish, a commissioned work by sculptor Simon Kogan, was installed at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA on April 29, 2012. 

Shmerke Kaczerginski Recording רעקאָרדירונג פֿון שמערקע קאַטשאַרגינסקי

As a young child I was fascinated with the music from the Vilna ghetto in general and with the towering figures of Hirsh Glik and Shmerke Kaczerginski in particular.  It began when I was just eight years old when my class in the “Jewish Folkshule” of Philadelphia was taught to sing Shmerke Kaczerginski’s “youth anthem” so that we could perform it in a Yom-Hashoa commemoration....

Once@9:53am

This fotonovela exhibit by Ilan Stavans and Marcelo Brodsky is a fictional account that traces the streets of the Buenos Aires Jewish community several hours before a devastating terrorist attack, allowing the visitor to experience first-hand the atrocities and to ponder its labyrinthine twists.

Once@9:53am is on display in the Yiddish Book Center's Brechner Gallery April 29, 2012 - November 4, 2012. Attend an author's talk with Ilan Stavans on Sunday, July 22 at 2 PM: The Buenos Aires Tragedy: A Remembrance

Letter from Aaron Lansky - Translation Project!

Aaron Lansky describes a major new Translation initiative that will train a new generation of Yiddish translators, identify lost literary treasures, share them with English readers, dramatically expand the Jewish canon, and deepen our understanding of Jewish life in the modern world.

Scanned this week: poetry, children's tales, a dictionary, and more

Yiddish books recently digitized range from history to poetry, children's tales to dictionaries. View highlights...

A visit to the Light of the North

Book Center bibliographer Catherine Madsen returned to the scenes of her childhood in Fairbanks, Alaska...

Yiddish Book Center Announces 2012-2013 Fellows

The Yiddish Book Center has announced its 2012-2013 Fellows. Each year the Center accepts recent college graduates into its prestigious Fellowship Program. Fellows spend a year working as full-time Book Center staff....