In the News The latest news about the Yiddish Book Center, from media outlets around the world. Aaron Lansky, of the Yiddish Book Center, Will Retire as President February 27, 2024 — by Joseph Berger via The New York Times Yiddish, Global and Local: Two Exhibitions on a Vibrant Jewish Language January 24, 2024 — by Lou Cove via The CANVAS Compendium: Dispatches from the New Jewish Renaissance The Daily Heller: Preserving a Moderne Language in Word, Picture and Design January 23, 2024 — by Steven Heller via PRINT Magazine A Trip to Yiddishland December 27, 2023 — by Rokhl Kafrissen, via Tablet Magazine Review of Underworld Trilogy (God of Vengeance, Motke Thief, The Dead Man) by Sholem Asch, trans. Caraid O’Brien November 20, 2023 — by Jonathan L. Green, via In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies How Isaac Bashevis Singer Preserved European Jewish Life Through Literature November 16, 2023 — by David Stromberg via Lit Hub What Remains Is Revolutionary: Unboxing Norma Fain Pratt’s Library November 12, 2023 — by Charlotte Apter, Joseph Reisberg, and Caleb Sher via In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies I.B. Singer’s many newspaper articles are now available in English November 11, 2023 — by Mikhail Krutikov via the Forward Review of In the Land of the Postscript by Chava Rosenfarb, trans. Morgentaler November 8, 2023 — by Shelley Pomerance via In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies The Hope and Humor of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Early Essays November 1, 2023 — Helen Schulman via Public Seminar An exhibit to kvell over: Expansive new Amherst exhibit looks at the global impact of Yiddish October 26, 2023 — by Steve Pfarrer via the Daily Hampshire Gazette Magnificent permanent exhibit opens at Amherst’s Yiddish Book Center October 25, 2023 — by Jennifer A. Stern via the Forverts in English At Amherst’s Yiddish Book Center, a new exhibition speaks volumes about Yiddish as ‘a global culture’ October 20, 2023 — by A. Z. Madonna via The Boston Globe See 6 Highlights From a New Show on the Global Footprint of Yiddish Culture—From Avant-Garde Puppets to Cubist Book Covers October 18, 2023 — by Richard Whiddington via Artnet Yiddish Reveals a Language of Global Culture October 18, 2023 — by Kate Abbott via BTW Berkshires Is the world’s first Yiddish museum in Amherst? October 18, 2023 — by Aaron Simon Gross via the Berkshire Eagle Major Core Exhibition Opens at the Yiddish Book Center October 13, 2023 — via Antiques and the Arts Weekly Telling the Story of a Jewish Counterculture through its Lingua Franca October 11, 2023 — by Albert Stern via Berkshire Jewish Voice Take a page from our books: Why Jewish literature should be part of your engagement strategy October 2, 2023 — by Susan Bronson, executive director, via eJewish Philanthropy 25 years after opening, Yiddish Book Center overhauls its core exhibit for a wider audience October 1, 2023 — by Andrew Silow-Carroll, via Jewish Telegraphic Agency Your Inner Child Will Thank You for Learning Yiddish September 26, 2023 — by Maya "Zuni" González (2023–24 Yiddish Book Center Fellow), via Jewish Women's Archive Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: The War Years, 1939–1945 sheds light on the early, developmental years of the young, passionate writer September 20, 2023 — via Kirkus Reviews Yiddish: A Global Culture featured in La Nacion August 22, 2023 — David Mazower, chief curator of our new permanent exhibition, Yiddish: A Global Culture, was interviewed for La Nacion, one of Argentina’s leading daily newspapers. Yiddish Book Center Celebrates 150 Years of Modern Jewish Creativity August 22, 2023 — An article from Fine Books & Collections about our new permanent exhibition, Yiddish: A Global Culture. Yiddish Book Center and founder, Aaron Lansky, recognized by the Forward January 1, 2023 — The Yiddish Book Center and Aaron Lansky were recently recognized by the Forward during their end of year reporting. CBS Saturday Morning May 7, 2022 — Host Jeff Glor from CBS Saturday Morning visits with Aaron Lansky at the Yiddish Book Center
Aaron Lansky, of the Yiddish Book Center, Will Retire as President February 27, 2024 — by Joseph Berger via The New York Times
Yiddish, Global and Local: Two Exhibitions on a Vibrant Jewish Language January 24, 2024 — by Lou Cove via The CANVAS Compendium: Dispatches from the New Jewish Renaissance
The Daily Heller: Preserving a Moderne Language in Word, Picture and Design January 23, 2024 — by Steven Heller via PRINT Magazine
Review of Underworld Trilogy (God of Vengeance, Motke Thief, The Dead Man) by Sholem Asch, trans. Caraid O’Brien November 20, 2023 — by Jonathan L. Green, via In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies
How Isaac Bashevis Singer Preserved European Jewish Life Through Literature November 16, 2023 — by David Stromberg via Lit Hub
What Remains Is Revolutionary: Unboxing Norma Fain Pratt’s Library November 12, 2023 — by Charlotte Apter, Joseph Reisberg, and Caleb Sher via In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies
I.B. Singer’s many newspaper articles are now available in English November 11, 2023 — by Mikhail Krutikov via the Forward
Review of In the Land of the Postscript by Chava Rosenfarb, trans. Morgentaler November 8, 2023 — by Shelley Pomerance via In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies
The Hope and Humor of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Early Essays November 1, 2023 — Helen Schulman via Public Seminar
An exhibit to kvell over: Expansive new Amherst exhibit looks at the global impact of Yiddish October 26, 2023 — by Steve Pfarrer via the Daily Hampshire Gazette
Magnificent permanent exhibit opens at Amherst’s Yiddish Book Center October 25, 2023 — by Jennifer A. Stern via the Forverts in English
At Amherst’s Yiddish Book Center, a new exhibition speaks volumes about Yiddish as ‘a global culture’ October 20, 2023 — by A. Z. Madonna via The Boston Globe
See 6 Highlights From a New Show on the Global Footprint of Yiddish Culture—From Avant-Garde Puppets to Cubist Book Covers October 18, 2023 — by Richard Whiddington via Artnet
Is the world’s first Yiddish museum in Amherst? October 18, 2023 — by Aaron Simon Gross via the Berkshire Eagle
Major Core Exhibition Opens at the Yiddish Book Center October 13, 2023 — via Antiques and the Arts Weekly
Telling the Story of a Jewish Counterculture through its Lingua Franca October 11, 2023 — by Albert Stern via Berkshire Jewish Voice
Take a page from our books: Why Jewish literature should be part of your engagement strategy October 2, 2023 — by Susan Bronson, executive director, via eJewish Philanthropy
25 years after opening, Yiddish Book Center overhauls its core exhibit for a wider audience October 1, 2023 — by Andrew Silow-Carroll, via Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Your Inner Child Will Thank You for Learning Yiddish September 26, 2023 — by Maya "Zuni" González (2023–24 Yiddish Book Center Fellow), via Jewish Women's Archive
Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: The War Years, 1939–1945 sheds light on the early, developmental years of the young, passionate writer September 20, 2023 — via Kirkus Reviews
Yiddish: A Global Culture featured in La Nacion August 22, 2023 — David Mazower, chief curator of our new permanent exhibition, Yiddish: A Global Culture, was interviewed for La Nacion, one of Argentina’s leading daily newspapers.
Yiddish Book Center Celebrates 150 Years of Modern Jewish Creativity August 22, 2023 — An article from Fine Books & Collections about our new permanent exhibition, Yiddish: A Global Culture.
Yiddish Book Center and founder, Aaron Lansky, recognized by the Forward January 1, 2023 — The Yiddish Book Center and Aaron Lansky were recently recognized by the Forward during their end of year reporting.
CBS Saturday Morning May 7, 2022 — Host Jeff Glor from CBS Saturday Morning visits with Aaron Lansky at the Yiddish Book Center
