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Yisroel Rudnitsky
2014-06-22

"Grains of Wheat": Abigail Weaver on the Paper Brigade
Lisa Newman talks to Smith College senior Abigail Weaver about "Grains of Wheat," her play about the Jewish intellectuals, known as the Paper Brigade, who worked to hide stores of cultural materials from Nazi forces in the Vilna ghetto.

Meyer Weinshel
2019-12-16

Valery Dymshits
2017-02-15

Miriam Hoffman
2020-02-10

Leo Melamed
2012-12-13

Barnett Zumoff
2013-12-04

Forever Young
The evolving nature of Yiddish language and culture—past, present, and future

Moshe Shklar
2013-02-19

Aaron Lansky's Year-End Letter
Aaron Lansky recaps 2021 at the Yiddish Book Center and outlines plans for 2022

Beyond Time: The Paintings of Samuel Bak
Out of the Vilna ghetto to a world of color and form

Deborah Epstein
2019-07-25

June 2020: Handpicked
Susan Bronson is the Yiddish Book Center's executive director. After delving into her selections, scroll down to read a short interview with Susan about her choices.

Sara Israel
2012-06-29

Modern in Autumn
Modern in Autumn: The Belated Discovery of Blume Lempel

Faculty
Study with leading scholars

Voices from the Holocaust
Some of the great Yiddish writers who documented their experiences in the Holocaust

The Modernists
Yiddish modernists and literary rebels

White Goat Press
White Goat Press brings new translations of Yiddish literature to English readers.

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