Updates from the Center Press releases and updates from the Yiddish Book Center. Aaron Lansky, founder and president of the Yiddish Book Center, announces retirement Aaron Lansky, president and founder of the Yiddish Book Center, will retire in June 2025. Susan Bronson, who has been the Center’s executive director for 14 years, will take over the position. Yiddish Book Center Awarded Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to Advance OCR Correction for Yiddish and Other Low Resource Languages The Yiddish Book Center has been awarded a grant in the amount of $147,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support the next phase of its Yiddish optical character recognition initiative. Yiddish: A Global Culture opens October 15, 2023 at the Yiddish Book Center On October 15, 2023, the Yiddish Book Center debuts a major new permanent exhibition, Yiddish: A Global Culture, that tells a multitude of global yet deeply personal stories. Yiddish Book Center to Launch Major New Core Exhibition on October 15, 2023 Yiddish: A Global Culture explores 150 Years of modern Jewish creativity. Brazil Fieldwork from the Wexler Oral History Project The Wexler Oral History Project team traveled to Recife and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to conduct interviews with historians, scholars, performers, and native Yiddish speakers. See photos from their travels. Europe Fieldwork from the Wexler Oral History Project The Wexler Oral History Project team traveled to London, Copenhagen, and Vienna to collect stories from Yiddishists, scholars, translators, performers, and more. See photos from their travels. Yiddish Book Center Introduces Beta Version of Advanced Search Function on Website The Yiddish Book Center has released the beta launch of its advanced search feature on its website. Made possible by a Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Division of Preservation & Access. Yiddish Book Center Receives $100,000 Capital Grant from MassDevelopment and Massachusetts Cultural Council Cultural Facilities Fund The Yiddish Book Center has been awarded a capital grant in the amount of $100,000 to support a crucial infrastructure project to replace aging boilers and heating system. West Coast Fieldwork from the Wexler Oral History Project The Wexler Oral History Project team traveled to the Bay Area and Vancouver, BC to collect stories from Yiddishists, scholars, translators, performers, and more. See photos from their travels. Susan Bronson on why Yiddish is attracting a new generation Susan Bronson, executive director of the Yiddish Book Center, on why Yiddish continues to thrive. Di froyen: Two Students’ Experiences A reflection by two Mount Holyoke College students, Naomi Piper-Pell and Olive Benito-Myles, on their time at our Di froyen conference. Celebrating the Yiddish Book Center Community Congratulations to our friends and colleagues whose work has been recently published or recognized for its excellence. Cribside and Other Stories, Fourteen Newly Translated Yiddish Works That Center Women’s Voices The 2022 Pakn Treger Digital Translation Issue, Cribside and Other Stories, features fourteen newly translated poems, short stories, & memoirs, all highlighting the complexities of women’s experiences. From Massachusetts to California, 29 Public Libraries Selected for the Yiddish Book Center’s Reading Program for Public Libraries The Reading Program for public libraries uses translated Yiddish works to engage local communities in discussions on social issues. The Glass Plates of Lublin: Found Photographs of a Lost Jewish World The Glass Plates of Lublin presents hundreds of stunning photographs made from glass plates unearthed from a trash pile in a tenement house in a former Jewish section of Lublin, Poland. Translating Yiddish Novels by Women for New Audiences Featuring the work of the Yiddish Book Center and its Yiddish Translation Fellows in the New York Times Musterverk fun der yidisher literatur (Masterworks of Yiddish Literature) Now Accessible The 100-volume has been digitized and added to the Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library Steven ‘Shmuel’ Spielberg’s epic contribution to Yiddish culture According to The Forward, for readers of Yiddish books, Spielberg’s special birthday is an opportunity to highlight another great contribution of his. Cameron Bernstein: TikTok Yiddishist Yiddish is having a moment on social media, thanks in good part to Cameron Bernstein, a 2021-2022 Yiddish Book Center fellow. Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?), a feature-length documentary film Catch the award-winning film about Yiddish writer Avrom Sutzkever at upcoming film festivals in Boston, Tel Aviv, and San Diego Yiddish Book Center to Reopen to the Public on June 24, 2021 The world's first Yiddish museum welcomes back visitors. [May 27, 2021] 2021 YIDSTOCK: The Festival of New Yiddish Music Brings Some of Klezmer's Biggest Stars to the Virtual Stage YIDSTOCK 2021 will be a 75-minute program featuring Yiddish songs of social justice [May 20, 2021] Yiddish Book Center Receives NEH Grant The Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project is awarded a three-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand access to its trove of video interviews. Work of Master Yiddish Writer Chaim Grade Digitized and Available for the First Time The Yiddish Book Center announced that they have digitized and posted works of the Yiddish writer Chaim Grade, one of the great masters of modern Yiddish literature. A New Radiocast Tells the Story of Russian Revolutionary Klara Klebanova The Last Maximalist, produced by the Yiddish Book Center and translated and voiced by Caraid O'Brien, tells the story of Russian Jewish revolutionary Klara Klebanova. NEH Grant Provides Enhanced Access to Hundreds of Oral History Interviews About Yiddish and Modern Jewish Culture Completion of a three year NEH grant enhances scholarly and public access to interviews that provide a deeper understanding of the Jewish experience and the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture New Yiddish Textbook Revolutionizes Yiddish-Language Learning A state-of-the-art Yiddish textbook from the Center's White Goat Press, featuring multimedia resources and more Yiddish Book Center Named Recipient of NEH CARES Grant The CARES grant will support the creation of new content and programming tied to the Yiddish Book Center’s Decade of Discovery initiative and its 2020 theme, Yiddish in America: Cultural Encounters. Yiddish Book Center Goes Online with Virtual Public Programming Lineup of Free Virtual Public Programs Includes Talks, Presentations, Readings, and More Yiddish Book Center Receives Literary Translation Award from London Book Fair Recognition for the Yiddish Book Center's Translation Initiative Yiddish Book Center Shortlisted for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2020 The Yiddish Book Center has been shortlisted for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2020 for The Literary Translation Initiative Award. Yiddish Book Center Launches Decade of Discovery to Mark 40th Anniversary “Yiddish in America: Cultural Encounters” Is Theme of Inaugural Year of Multidimensional Programming Yiddish OCR is live! Search the full text of our Yiddish Books on the new OCR site Andy Sweet’s A Shtetl in the Sun on Exhibit at the Yiddish Book Center Visiting Exhibit at the Yiddish Book Center through March 2020 Yiddish Book Center Shortlisted for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2019 Yiddish Book Center Shortlisted for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2019 Creating Enhanced Access to Wexler Oral History Project Interviews An update on the Wexler Oral History Project's new NEH-funded work Singer Estate and Yiddish Book Center Bring Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Yiddish Works Online Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Yiddish works are now freely available online through the Yiddish Book Center’s Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library Help Save Our Most Rare and Fragile Yiddish Books A glimpse of our collections items in urgent need of repair A Sampling of Our Yiddish Textbook's Online Supplement Supplemental Exercises from Chapter Two of the upcoming Yiddish Textbook's Online Supplement Yiddish Book Center Named as a Recipient of a $1.1 million Jim Joseph Foundation Grant for Jewish Educator Professional Development Yiddish Book Center Named as a Recipient of a $1.1 million Jim Joseph Foundation Grant for Jewish Educator Professional Development How to Find the Yiddish Story You’re Looking For It's now possible to search the contents of many Yiddish books. A guide to making the most of this feature Yiddish Book Center Statement Yiddish Book Center Statement on the Tree of Life Synagogue Yiddish Book Center Wins NEH Grant The $170,000 award will support the Center's Wexler Oral History Project. Itzhak Perlman Shares Genesis Prize with Yiddish Book Center The renowned violinist's gift will support the Steiner Summer Yiddish Program and the Wexler Oral History Project. Yashinsky Named First Applebaum Fellow at the Center The fellowship recognizes a commitment to Yiddish learning and Jewish leadership. New Book Shows Last Days of World War II Ghettos The latest release from the Center's New Yiddish Library makes writings from secret archives available in English. Remembering Joseph Esselin z"l The poet, playwright, and Yiddish translator died on February 12, 2016. A Yiddish Book Rescue in Mexico City Center staffers recently collected thousands of Yiddish books from a Mexican school. Press Room Contacts for the media
Aaron Lansky, founder and president of the Yiddish Book Center, announces retirement Aaron Lansky, president and founder of the Yiddish Book Center, will retire in June 2025. Susan Bronson, who has been the Center’s executive director for 14 years, will take over the position.
Yiddish Book Center Awarded Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to Advance OCR Correction for Yiddish and Other Low Resource Languages The Yiddish Book Center has been awarded a grant in the amount of $147,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support the next phase of its Yiddish optical character recognition initiative.
Yiddish: A Global Culture opens October 15, 2023 at the Yiddish Book Center On October 15, 2023, the Yiddish Book Center debuts a major new permanent exhibition, Yiddish: A Global Culture, that tells a multitude of global yet deeply personal stories.
Yiddish Book Center to Launch Major New Core Exhibition on October 15, 2023 Yiddish: A Global Culture explores 150 Years of modern Jewish creativity.
Brazil Fieldwork from the Wexler Oral History Project The Wexler Oral History Project team traveled to Recife and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to conduct interviews with historians, scholars, performers, and native Yiddish speakers. See photos from their travels.
Europe Fieldwork from the Wexler Oral History Project The Wexler Oral History Project team traveled to London, Copenhagen, and Vienna to collect stories from Yiddishists, scholars, translators, performers, and more. See photos from their travels.
Yiddish Book Center Introduces Beta Version of Advanced Search Function on Website The Yiddish Book Center has released the beta launch of its advanced search feature on its website. Made possible by a Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Division of Preservation & Access.
Yiddish Book Center Receives $100,000 Capital Grant from MassDevelopment and Massachusetts Cultural Council Cultural Facilities Fund The Yiddish Book Center has been awarded a capital grant in the amount of $100,000 to support a crucial infrastructure project to replace aging boilers and heating system.
West Coast Fieldwork from the Wexler Oral History Project The Wexler Oral History Project team traveled to the Bay Area and Vancouver, BC to collect stories from Yiddishists, scholars, translators, performers, and more. See photos from their travels.
Susan Bronson on why Yiddish is attracting a new generation Susan Bronson, executive director of the Yiddish Book Center, on why Yiddish continues to thrive.
Di froyen: Two Students’ Experiences A reflection by two Mount Holyoke College students, Naomi Piper-Pell and Olive Benito-Myles, on their time at our Di froyen conference.
Celebrating the Yiddish Book Center Community Congratulations to our friends and colleagues whose work has been recently published or recognized for its excellence.
Cribside and Other Stories, Fourteen Newly Translated Yiddish Works That Center Women’s Voices The 2022 Pakn Treger Digital Translation Issue, Cribside and Other Stories, features fourteen newly translated poems, short stories, & memoirs, all highlighting the complexities of women’s experiences.
From Massachusetts to California, 29 Public Libraries Selected for the Yiddish Book Center’s Reading Program for Public Libraries The Reading Program for public libraries uses translated Yiddish works to engage local communities in discussions on social issues.
The Glass Plates of Lublin: Found Photographs of a Lost Jewish World The Glass Plates of Lublin presents hundreds of stunning photographs made from glass plates unearthed from a trash pile in a tenement house in a former Jewish section of Lublin, Poland.
Translating Yiddish Novels by Women for New Audiences Featuring the work of the Yiddish Book Center and its Yiddish Translation Fellows in the New York Times
Musterverk fun der yidisher literatur (Masterworks of Yiddish Literature) Now Accessible The 100-volume has been digitized and added to the Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library
Steven ‘Shmuel’ Spielberg’s epic contribution to Yiddish culture According to The Forward, for readers of Yiddish books, Spielberg’s special birthday is an opportunity to highlight another great contribution of his.
Cameron Bernstein: TikTok Yiddishist Yiddish is having a moment on social media, thanks in good part to Cameron Bernstein, a 2021-2022 Yiddish Book Center fellow.
Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?), a feature-length documentary film Catch the award-winning film about Yiddish writer Avrom Sutzkever at upcoming film festivals in Boston, Tel Aviv, and San Diego
Yiddish Book Center to Reopen to the Public on June 24, 2021 The world's first Yiddish museum welcomes back visitors. [May 27, 2021]
2021 YIDSTOCK: The Festival of New Yiddish Music Brings Some of Klezmer's Biggest Stars to the Virtual Stage YIDSTOCK 2021 will be a 75-minute program featuring Yiddish songs of social justice [May 20, 2021]
Yiddish Book Center Receives NEH Grant The Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project is awarded a three-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand access to its trove of video interviews.
Work of Master Yiddish Writer Chaim Grade Digitized and Available for the First Time The Yiddish Book Center announced that they have digitized and posted works of the Yiddish writer Chaim Grade, one of the great masters of modern Yiddish literature.
A New Radiocast Tells the Story of Russian Revolutionary Klara Klebanova The Last Maximalist, produced by the Yiddish Book Center and translated and voiced by Caraid O'Brien, tells the story of Russian Jewish revolutionary Klara Klebanova.
NEH Grant Provides Enhanced Access to Hundreds of Oral History Interviews About Yiddish and Modern Jewish Culture Completion of a three year NEH grant enhances scholarly and public access to interviews that provide a deeper understanding of the Jewish experience and the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture
New Yiddish Textbook Revolutionizes Yiddish-Language Learning A state-of-the-art Yiddish textbook from the Center's White Goat Press, featuring multimedia resources and more
Yiddish Book Center Named Recipient of NEH CARES Grant The CARES grant will support the creation of new content and programming tied to the Yiddish Book Center’s Decade of Discovery initiative and its 2020 theme, Yiddish in America: Cultural Encounters.
Yiddish Book Center Goes Online with Virtual Public Programming Lineup of Free Virtual Public Programs Includes Talks, Presentations, Readings, and More
Yiddish Book Center Receives Literary Translation Award from London Book Fair Recognition for the Yiddish Book Center's Translation Initiative
Yiddish Book Center Shortlisted for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2020 The Yiddish Book Center has been shortlisted for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2020 for The Literary Translation Initiative Award.
Yiddish Book Center Launches Decade of Discovery to Mark 40th Anniversary “Yiddish in America: Cultural Encounters” Is Theme of Inaugural Year of Multidimensional Programming
Andy Sweet’s A Shtetl in the Sun on Exhibit at the Yiddish Book Center Visiting Exhibit at the Yiddish Book Center through March 2020
Yiddish Book Center Shortlisted for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2019 Yiddish Book Center Shortlisted for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2019
Creating Enhanced Access to Wexler Oral History Project Interviews An update on the Wexler Oral History Project's new NEH-funded work
Singer Estate and Yiddish Book Center Bring Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Yiddish Works Online Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Yiddish works are now freely available online through the Yiddish Book Center’s Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library
Help Save Our Most Rare and Fragile Yiddish Books A glimpse of our collections items in urgent need of repair
A Sampling of Our Yiddish Textbook's Online Supplement Supplemental Exercises from Chapter Two of the upcoming Yiddish Textbook's Online Supplement
Yiddish Book Center Named as a Recipient of a $1.1 million Jim Joseph Foundation Grant for Jewish Educator Professional Development Yiddish Book Center Named as a Recipient of a $1.1 million Jim Joseph Foundation Grant for Jewish Educator Professional Development
How to Find the Yiddish Story You’re Looking For It's now possible to search the contents of many Yiddish books. A guide to making the most of this feature
Yiddish Book Center Wins NEH Grant The $170,000 award will support the Center's Wexler Oral History Project.
Itzhak Perlman Shares Genesis Prize with Yiddish Book Center The renowned violinist's gift will support the Steiner Summer Yiddish Program and the Wexler Oral History Project.
Yashinsky Named First Applebaum Fellow at the Center The fellowship recognizes a commitment to Yiddish learning and Jewish leadership.
New Book Shows Last Days of World War II Ghettos The latest release from the Center's New Yiddish Library makes writings from secret archives available in English.
Remembering Joseph Esselin z"l The poet, playwright, and Yiddish translator died on February 12, 2016.
A Yiddish Book Rescue in Mexico City Center staffers recently collected thousands of Yiddish books from a Mexican school.
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