CATEGORY

Europe Pre-WWII

Yiddish scholars series

Christa Whitney September 07, 2011

 In this ongoing series, the Wexler Oral History Project interviews prominent figures in Academia contributing research in areas related to Yiddish literature, language, and culture.

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A Living Connection: Photographs from the An-sky Expeditions, 1912-1914

Randi Silnutzer February 03, 2011

This exhibition in the Book Center's main repository explores the groundbreaking work of S. An-sky, who, at the turn of the twentieth century, launched the Jewish Ethnographic Expeditions, traveling throughout what is now Ukraine to collect materials about Jewish cultural life.  Photographs are from the Museum of the History of Religion, St. Petersburg, Russia.

 

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They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust (closed)

Randi Silnutzer April 19, 2010

This exhibit was on display at the Yiddish Book Center April 18 - September 26, 2010.

This traveling exhibition was organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, and was curated by scholar and folklorist Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett.

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The Dubiecko Klezmer Folio

Adrienne Figus January 01, 2010

by Hankus Netsky

Bringing the sounds of Dubiecko back to life after 72 years.

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Yidishe eṭnografye un folḳlor (Yiddish Ethnography and Folklore)

Abraham Rechtman December 23, 2009

View Abraham Rechtman’s memoir of S. An-Ski’s ethnographic expedition in the Pale of Settlement, with illustrations and photos of old houses, synagogues, gravestones, and folk art motifs.

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Mr. Hollender's Opus

Adrienne Figus March 01, 2009

by Hankus Netsky

The cultural legacy of Morris Hollender: Auschwitz survivor, baal tfile (lay cantor), and extraordinary source for all aspects of Jewish traditional culture.

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