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The World in Yiddish: secular Yiddish primers from our collection
Yiddish primers represent a surprisingly large part of the Book Center’s collection, and they may be the genre most often requested by visitors to our Amherst center.More...
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Manger's Medresh Itsik / Itzik's Exegesis
When Itzik Manger (1906-1969) compiled his first set of biblically themed poems in 1935, he encapsulated a Jewish tradition as old as Yiddish itself. More...
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"The Kids Are Alright": The Poets of Di yunge
In the early 20th century, nearly every city with a sizeable Jewish population had a small group of young, experimental poets determined to forge a new path in Yiddish literature. More...
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Yiddish Art Books from Der kval
The Yiddish translation of Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" / Der alter un der yam, illustrated by renowned Jewish artist Leonard Baskin, is one of twelve works published by Israel London under the imprint Der kval / The Source. More...
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Plants! and other Science Texts
The Book Center's collection has many science texts and manuals in Yiddish -- ranging from Botany textbooks, to 21-volume series on Natural Science. More...
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A moyd mit a tsepl farzukht an epl (A Maid with a Braid Tastes an Apple)
Among the 15,000 boxes repacked this month at our Holyoke warehouse was one of this book’s original illustrations by celebrated artist Isaac Lichtenstein. More...
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Yiddish Women Writers: An Anthology
Each entry in this 400-page anthology is adorned with a tipped in photograph of the author's face - a face that is probably unknown now and, according to the introduction, mostly unknown at the time of the book's publication in 1928. More... |
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Vilde khayes (wild animals): Fables in our collection
From Biblical commentary in Hebrew and Aramaic to original examples in Yiddish, stories with animal characters have always played a role in Jewish literature. Among the thousands of recent arrivals at the Book Center was a rare and unusual example of just such a story. More... |
