Discover Discover Handpicked Each month, the Yiddish Book Center asks a member of our staff or a special friend to select favorite stories, books, interviews, or articles from our online collections. Share this page: November 2024: Handpicked Lisa Newman is the director of publishing and public programs at the Yid… October 2024: Handpicked Randi Silnutzer is the director of operations at the Yiddish Book Center.… September 2024: Handpicked Brianna Burdetsky is the development assistant at the Yiddish Book Cent… August 2024: Handpicked Grisha Leyfer is the 2023–24 digital collections fellow at the Yiddish Boo… July 2024: Handpicked Claire Breger-Belsky is the 2023–24 translation and bibliography fellow at t… May 2024: Handpicked Josh Lambert is the Sophia Moses Robison Professor of Jewish Studies and Engl… April 2024: Handpicked Margaret Frothingham is the Yiddish Book Center’s Translation and Education… March 2024: Handpicked Elizabeth Cardaropoli is the Yiddish Book Center’s Associate Director of Vi… February 2024: Handpicked Maya González is a historian of contemporary Holocaust memory in the Uni… January 2024: Handpicked Sebastian Schulman is the director of special projects and partnerships a… December 2023: Handpicked Asya Vaisman Schulman is the director of the Yiddish Language Institute … October 2023: Handpicked David Mazower is the chief curator and writer for the Yiddish Book Center… September 2023: Handpicked Madeleine (Mindl) Cohen is the academic director at the Yiddish Book Ce… August 2023: Handpicked Charlotte Apter is the 2022–23 Richard S. Herman Fellow at the Yiddis… July 2023: Handpicked Jeff Hayes is the manager of publishing and book programs at the Yiddis… June 2023: Handpicked Seth Rogovoy is the founding artistic director of the Yiddish Book Center’s … May 2023: Handpicked Joseph (Khayim) Reisberg is the 2022–2023 Applebaum Family Fellow in the Yidd… April 2023: Handpicked Sam Brivic is the membership manager at the Yiddish Book Center. After delv… March 2023: Handpicked Michelle Sigiel catalogs Yiddish books and materials and creates and develo… February 2023: Handpicked Amber Kanner Clooney is the director of web development and the digital … November 2022: Handpicked Margaret Selinger is the education programs assistant at the Yiddish Boo… October 2022: Handpicked Sonia Gollance is a scholar of Yiddish Studies and German-Jewish literatu… August 2022: Handpicked Sonia Bloom is the 2021–22 Yiddish Education and Translation Initiatives f… June 2022: Handpicked Sarah Biskowitz is the 2021–22 Richard Herman Fellow at the Yiddish Book Cen… May 2022: Handpicked Zachary Baker brings over four decades of experience as a Judaica librarian w… March 2022: Handpicked Emily Mazza, the Yiddish Book Center's 2021-2022 Phyllis Pasker Fellow. Aft… January 2022: Handpicked Susan Bronson is the Executive Director of the Yiddish Book Center. After… December 2021: Handpicked Cameron is the 2021-2022 Communications Fellow at the Yiddish Book Cente… September 2021: Handpicked Jennifer Young is the education program manager at the Yiddish Book Cen… May 2021: Handpicked Seb is the executive director of KlezKanada and a former Yiddish Book Center … April 2021: Handpicked Lisa is the Yiddish Book Center's director of publishing and public program… March 2021: Handpicked Miriam is a Yiddish doctoral student and Yiddish Book Center alumna. After … February 2021: Handpicked Zackary is a medical doctor, writer, and Yiddish translator. After delvi… January 2021: Handpicked Eddy is a writer and scholar of Yiddish and Jewish culture. After delving… December 2020: Handpicked Rokhl Kafrissen is a NYC-based playwright and journalist. After delving … November 2020: Handpicked Sylvia is an education program manager at the Yiddish Book Center. After… October 2020: Handpicked Faune is the Yiddish Book Center's communications content editor. After d… September 2020: Handpicked David is the Yiddish Book Center's bibliographer and editorial director… August 2020: Handpicked Sophia Shoulson is an alumna of several Yiddish Book Center programs and w… July 2020: Handpicked Faith Jones is a library director and alumna of the Yiddish Book Center Tran… June 2020: Handpicked Susan Bronson is the Yiddish Book Center's executive director. After delving… May 2020: Handpicked Josh Lambert is the Yiddish Book Center academic director. After delving into… April 2020: Handpicked Abigail is a 2019–2020 Yiddish Book Center Fellow. After delving into her s… March 2020: Handpicked Lesley is an education manager at the Yiddish Book Center. After delving in… February 2020: Handpicked Lisa is the director of communications at the Yiddish Book Center, co-ed… January 2020: Handpicked Jessica is a Yiddish professor and translator. After delving into her sel… December 2019: Handpicked Zeke is a Yiddish Book Center Translation Fellow and musicology doctoral… November 2019: Handpicked Sophia is the Richard S. Herman Fellow at the Yiddish Book Center. After… October 2019: Handpicked Madeleine (Mindl) is the director of translation and collections initiati… October 2018: Handpicked Madeleine (Mindl) is the director of translation and collections initiati… June 2018: Handpicked A frequent collaborator with the Yiddish Book Center, we were delighted when… May 2018: Handpicked There are few people more uniquely qualified to delve into the Center's colle… April 2018: Handpicked Michael Yashinsky is a consummate Yiddishist—in addition to his work at the… February 2018: Handpicked The Yiddish Book Center's Academic Director, Josh Lambert is a scholar o… January 2018: Handpicked Eddy Portnoy is one of the leading scholars of Yiddish popular culture. H… December 2017: Handpicked As the Yiddish Book Center’s Bibliographer and Editorial Director, David… September 2017: Handpicked Yiddish scholar Eitan Kensky, the Yiddish Book Center's director of col… August 2017: Handpicked Elissa Sperling is a Yiddish Book Center 2016/17 Fellow. She's used that … June 2017: Handpicked Lisa Newman is the director of communications - she's constantly scouring o… April 2017: Handpicked Sebastian Schulman just can't stay away from the Yiddish Book Center—a Cent… February 2017: Handpicked Faith Jones knows our collections as well as anyone. Here are a few of h…
