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Journey Through the Spanish Civil War (White Goat Press, 2024) named a Kirkus Reviews’ Best Indie Book of 2024

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Yiddish Book Center Awarded Lilly Endowment Grant to Expand Public Libraries Program

The Yiddish B…
Yiddish Book Center Launches a 50th Anniversary Campaign to Safeguard Yiddish Language and Culture for Future Generations

Tsukunft, the Yiddish Book Center’s 50th Anniversary Campaign, is an ambitious initiative to secure the Center’s legacy by increasing its endowment from $65 million to $100 million by 2…
Aaron Lansky, founder and president of the Yiddish Book Center, announces retirement

Aaron Lansky,…
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…
Yiddish: A Global Culture opens October 15, 2023 at the Yiddish Book Center

On October 15, 2023, t…
Yiddish Book Center to Launch Major New Core Exhibition on October 15, 2023

Yiddish: A Global Cult…
Brazil Fieldwork from the Wexler Oral History Project

The Wexler Oral History Project team travele…
Europe Fieldwork from the Wexler Oral History Project

The Wexler Oral History Project team travele…
Yiddish Book Center Introduces Beta Version of Advanced Search Function on Website

The Yiddish Boo…
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 …
West Coast Fieldwork from the Wexler Oral History Project

The Wexler Oral History Project team tra…
Susan Bronson on why Yiddish is attracting a new generation

Susan Bronson, executive director of t…
Di froyen: Two Students’ Experiences

A reflection by two Mount Holyoke College students, Naomi Pip…
Celebrating the Yiddish Book Center Community

Congratulations to our friends and colleagues whose …
Cribside and Other Stories, Fourteen Newly Translated Yiddish Works That Center Women’s Voices

The…
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 so…
The Glass Plates of Lublin: Found Photographs of a Lost Jewish World

The Glass Plates of Lublin pr…
Translating Yiddish Novels by Women for New Audiences

Featuring the work of the Yiddish Book Cente…
Musterverk fun der yidisher literatur (Masterworks of Yiddish Literature) Now Accessible

The 100-v…
Steven ‘Shmuel’ Spielberg’s epic contribution to Yiddish culture

According to The Forward, for rea…
Cameron Bernstein: TikTok Yiddishist

Yiddish is having a moment on social media, thanks in good pa…
Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?), a feature-length documentary film

Catch the award-winning film…
Yiddish Book Center to Reopen to the Public on June 24, 2021

The world's first Yiddish museum welc…
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 aw…
Work of Master Yiddish Writer Chaim Grade Digitized and Available for the First Time

The Yiddish B…
A New Radiocast Tells the Story of Russian Revolutionary Klara Klebanova

The Last Maximalist, prod…
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 …
Yiddish Book Center Named Recipient of NEH CARES Grant

The CARES grant will support the creation o…
Yiddish Book Center Goes Online with Virtual Public Programming

Lineup of Free Virtual Public Prog…
Yiddish Book Center Receives Literary Translation Award from London Book Fair

Recognition for the …
Yiddish Book Center Shortlisted for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2020

The …
Yiddish Book Center Launches Decade of Discovery to Mark 40th Anniversary

“Yiddish in America: Cul…
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 Yid…
Yiddish Book Center Shortlisted for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2019

Yidd…
Creating Enhanced Access to Wexler Oral History Project Interviews

An update on the Wexler Oral Hi…
Singer Estate and Yiddish Book Center Bring Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Yiddish Works Online

Isaac Bas…
Help Save Our Most Rare and Fragile Yiddish Books

A glimpse of our collections items in urgent nee…
A Sampling of Our Yiddish Textbook's Online Supplement

Supplemental Exercises from Chapter Tw…
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 Profession…
How to Find the Yiddish Story You’re Looking For

It's now possible to search the contents of many …
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 Histor…
Itzhak Perlman Shares Genesis Prize with Yiddish Book Center

The renowned violinist's gift will su…
Yashinsky Named First Applebaum Fellow at the Center

The fellowship recognizes a commitment to Yid…
New Book Shows Last Days of World War II Ghettos

The latest release from the Center's New Yiddish …
Remembering Joseph Esselin z"l

The poet, playwright, and Yiddish translator died on February …
A Yiddish Book Rescue in Mexico City

Center staffers recently collected thousands of Yiddish books…
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Journey Through the Spanish Civil War (White Goat Press, 2024) named a Kirkus Reviews’ Best Indie Book of 2024

Yiddish Book Center Awarded Lilly Endowment Grant to Expand Public Libraries Program

Yiddish Book Center Launches a 50th Anniversary Campaign to Safeguard Yiddish Language and Culture for Future Generations

Aaron Lansky, founder and president of the Yiddish Book Center, announces retirement

Yiddish Book Center Awarded Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to Advance OCR Correction for Yiddish and Other Low Resource Languages

Yiddish: A Global Culture opens October 15, 2023 at the Yiddish Book Center

Yiddish Book Center to Launch Major New Core Exhibition on October 15, 2023

Brazil Fieldwork from the Wexler Oral History Project

Europe Fieldwork from the Wexler Oral History Project

Yiddish Book Center Introduces Beta Version of Advanced Search Function on Website

Yiddish Book Center Receives $100,000 Capital Grant from MassDevelopment and Massachusetts Cultural Council Cultural Facilities Fund

West Coast Fieldwork from the Wexler Oral History Project

Susan Bronson on why Yiddish is attracting a new generation

Di froyen: Two Students’ Experiences

Celebrating the Yiddish Book Center Community

Cribside and Other Stories, Fourteen Newly Translated Yiddish Works That Center Women’s Voices

From Massachusetts to California, 29 Public Libraries Selected for the Yiddish Book Center’s Reading Program for Public Libraries

The Glass Plates of Lublin: Found Photographs of a Lost Jewish World

Translating Yiddish Novels by Women for New Audiences

Musterverk fun der yidisher literatur (Masterworks of Yiddish Literature) Now Accessible

Steven ‘Shmuel’ Spielberg’s epic contribution to Yiddish culture

Cameron Bernstein: TikTok Yiddishist

Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?), a feature-length documentary film

Yiddish Book Center to Reopen to the Public on June 24, 2021

2021 YIDSTOCK: The Festival of New Yiddish Music Brings Some of Klezmer's Biggest Stars to the Virtual Stage

Yiddish Book Center Receives NEH Grant

Work of Master Yiddish Writer Chaim Grade Digitized and Available for the First Time

A New Radiocast Tells the Story of Russian Revolutionary Klara Klebanova

NEH Grant Provides Enhanced Access to Hundreds of Oral History Interviews About Yiddish and Modern Jewish Culture

New Yiddish Textbook Revolutionizes Yiddish-Language Learning

Yiddish Book Center Named Recipient of NEH CARES Grant

Yiddish Book Center Goes Online with Virtual Public Programming

Yiddish Book Center Receives Literary Translation Award from London Book Fair

Yiddish Book Center Shortlisted for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2020

Yiddish Book Center Launches Decade of Discovery to Mark 40th Anniversary

Yiddish OCR is live!

Andy Sweet’s A Shtetl in the Sun on Exhibit at the Yiddish Book Center

Yiddish Book Center Shortlisted for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2019

Creating Enhanced Access to Wexler Oral History Project Interviews

Singer Estate and Yiddish Book Center Bring Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Yiddish Works Online

Help Save Our Most Rare and Fragile Yiddish Books

A Sampling of Our 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

How to Find the Yiddish Story You’re Looking For

Yiddish Book Center Statement

Yiddish Book Center Wins NEH Grant

Itzhak Perlman Shares Genesis Prize with Yiddish Book Center

Yashinsky Named First Applebaum Fellow at the Center

New Book Shows Last Days of World War II Ghettos

Remembering Joseph Esselin z"l

A Yiddish Book Rescue in Mexico City

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