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Yiddish Learning Learning Yiddish

John Marchese speaks with Yiddish Book Center alumni who are transforming the field of Yiddish studies as teachers, scholars, and cultural activists.

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2020: The Year in Review

A look at the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project's 2020 year

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Help Us Salvage an Extraordinary Treasure Trove of Unique Sound Recordings and Make Them Accessible to All

Lectures, interviews, concerts, author talks, and conference proceedings spanning the Center’s entire 37-year history.

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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

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Black and white illustration of Zachary Baker, a man wearing glasses with short hair

May 2022: Handpicked

Zachary Baker brings over four decades of experience as a Judaica librarian working closely with Yiddish materials. As the compiler of the indispensable resource “1000 Essential Yiddish Books,” we wonder what Baker has curated for us this month.

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2021: The Year in Review

A look at the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project's 2021 year.

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"The Cleaver's Daughter"

A short story by famed, path-breaking Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever, published in 1975.

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Rita Katz

Rita Katz - Holocaust survivor born in Smorgon, Belarus - was interviewed by Christa Whitney on February 21, 2014 in Seattle, Washington.

2014-02-21

Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project

Ruth R. Wisse

Ruth R. Wisse, author and retired research professor in Yiddish and comparative literature, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on March 7, 2016 in New York, New York.

2016-03-07

Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project

Moshe Shklar's Friendships With Famous Yiddish Writers

Moshe Shklar, Yiddish poet born in Poland, describes his friendships and relationships with a variety of Yiddish writers in Poland.

Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts

Samuel (Shmuel) Bak

Samuel (Shmuel) Bak, Jewish artist born in Vilna, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on December 3, 2014 in Weston, Massachusetts.

2014-12-03

Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project

Liba Augenfeld

Liba Augenfeld - Vilna native, former Jewish partisan and prominent Yiddish cultural activist after immigrating to Montreal - was interviewed by Christa Whitney on July 10, 2012, in Montreal, Canada.

2012-07-10

Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project

Benjamin (Binyomen) Harshav

Benjamin Harshav, z"l, professor emeritus at Yale University, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on March 18, 2013 in North Haven, Connecticut. This interview is entirely in Yiddish.

2013-03-18

Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project

Ken (Binyomen) Moss

Ken (Binyomen) Moss, Director of the Jewish Studies Program and Assistant Professor in Modern Jewish History at Johns Hopkins University, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on June 6, 2012 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. This inte...

2012-06-06

Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project