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Celebrating Yiddish Women Writers
Items from our collections highlighting the voices of Yiddish women writers
Online Lecture Series: Suggested Readings
A list of recommended readings for each online lecture
Women Poets and Writers
Though sometimes less well known, women have been writing in Yiddish from the sixteenth up through the twentieth century
The Signs and Symbols of Ezra Korman, Detroit's Soulful Yiddish Poet
The life and afterlife of a little-known writer
About "Coming to America" Reading Groups for Public Libraries
A reading and discussion program to engage teens and adults in thinking about immigrants' experience coming to America.
Help Us Share Our Unique History, Conscience, and Literature with Students Everywhere
With your support, we’ll help teachers at schools around the world introduce Yiddish and modern Jewish literature into their curricula.
February 2017: Handpicked
Faith Jones knows our collections as well as anyone. Here are a few of her favorite finds.
Why a Goat?
It's a question we're asked a lot: why is the klor vays tsigele—the small white goat—the symbol of the Yiddish Book Center?
Program Activities
Tentative schedule and sample reading list
What's Love Got to Do With It?
How changing Jewish gender roles and sexual mores in the modern era were reflected in the literature
Jacob and Estelle Apelberg
Coming back to Yiddish
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
"To a Fellow Writer" and "Shloyme Mikhoels"
Two poems, inspired by revered Yiddish artists who were themselves friends of the poet, Rokhl Korn. Translated by Seymour Levitan. Illustration from the volume of poetry Af der sharf fun a rege (The Cutting Edge of the Moment).
A Sampling of Our Yiddish Textbook's Online Supplement
Supplemental Exercises from Chapter Two of the upcoming Yiddish Textbook's Online Supplement
Resources for Before and After Your Visit
Materials to help you prepare for and complete your visit to the Yiddish Book Center
Among Strangers
All his thinking finally led him to a clear decision: he had to leave Golodovke.
Considering Yiddish Theater: Past, Present, Future
A conversation with Joel Berkowitz, America's foremost historian and observer of Yiddish theater
Magical Thinking: Isaac Bashevis Singer’s novel, The Magician of Lublin with Anita Norich
In this talk, Professor Anita Norich explores the questions posed in Isaac Bashevis Singer's novel The Magician of Lublin about sin, evil, faith, and the choices available to Jews living in the modern world.
Letters to the Editor
Readers' memories of Yiddish theater, inspired by the Summer 2014 issue of Pakn Treger
Yiddish Children's Literature
The Noah Cotsen Library of Yiddish Children's Literature comprises 800 titles, including works by major Yiddish writers and Yiddish translations of classics.