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Motl the Cantor's Son: Reading Resources
The first selection for the 2020 Great Jewish Books Book Club
Why Read Sholem Aleichem?
Jeremy Dauber on the great Sholem Aleichem, whose "short stories and novels took on the very countours of Jewish history"
Bontshe Shvayg in Lethbridge: Teaching Yiddish Literature in the Canadian Bible Belt
I teach Jewish literature to non-Jews. That statement may not seem very remarkable; after all, I also teach Victorian literature to non-Victorians and nineteenth-century literature to students born in the late twentieth century.
Online Lecture Series: Suggested Readings
A list of recommended readings for each online lecture
Yiddish on Stage and Screen: Allen Lewis Rickman Gets Serious
Allen Lewis Rickman, producer, director, and performer of Yiddish theater, joins The Shmooze to talk about his work translating Yiddish for the stage and screen.
The Zelmenyaners: Reading Resources
The first selection for the 2017 Great Jewish Books Book Club
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
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.
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.
Help us preserve and protect the countless Ukrainian Yiddish titles in our keeping
Help us safeguard the Jewish heritage that flourished in Ukraine for a thousand years, and to do all we can to make sure it’s neither obliterated nor forgotten.
אױסגעװײלטע װערק
דוד בערגעלסאָן
דוד בערגעלסאָן
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Resources for Before and After Your Visit
Materials to help you prepare for and complete your visit to the Yiddish Book Center
Weekly Reader Honoring Kyiv, Home to Sholem Aleichem
March 13, 2022 - Born in Perieaslav, a town near Kyiv, Sholem Aleichem spent some of his formative years in the city now falling under Russian bombardment, and is honored by a statue right in the middle of town.
Musṭerṿerḳ fun der yidisher liṭeraṭur
A full list of the Musṭerṿerḳ fun der yidisher liṭeraṭur
Four Questions for: Naomi Seidman
Koret Professor of Jewish Culture at the Graduate Theological Union
"Haman and Mordecai"
Sholem Aleichem biographer Jeremy Dauber included "Haman and Mordecai" in his list "If You Read Just Ten Stories by Sholem Aleichem. . ." This is its first-ever English translation.
About the Great Jewish Books Seminar
A weeklong virtual seminar for rabbis, cantors, and religious educators
Sholem Aleichem: The Quintessential Yiddish Writer
Sholem Aleichem: The Quintessential Yiddish Writer
The Immortal Career of Fyvush Finkel
Fyvush Finkel first stepped onto the stage for money at the age of nine
Sholem Aleichem: The Quintessential Yiddish Writer
The writer responsible for many of the most enduring works, and characters, of modern Yiddish fiction