Calendar of Events | Yiddish Book Center

FILM | Aliyah Dada | Sunday, September 22 @ 2 p.m.

Oana Giurgiu’s Dadaist-inflected documentary traces the history of the Jews in Romania and their migrations towards Israel. Click to read more and to purchase tickets.

AUTHOR TALK | The Book Rescuer, with Sue Macy and Stacy Innerst | Sunday, October 6 @ 2 p.m.

Author Sue Macy will talk about her new children’s book, a story about the power of an individual to preserve history and culture, which explores timely themes of identity and immigration. Click to read more.

FILM | Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | Sunday, October 13 @ 2 p.m.

This film explores the iconic movie star’s life and work, including his rebellious demeanor, his difficult childhood and struggle as a Jew in Hollywood, and his six-decade career. Click to read more and purchase tix.

Community Open House | Sunday, October 20, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

A day of events featuring talks, tours, and more. All events are free and open to the public. Click for a full schedule of events.

FILM | The Last Resort | Sunday, November 17 @ 2 p.m.

The Last Resort takes audiences on a journey to the iconic Miami Beach of the 1970s, a mecca for Jewish retirees, through the lens of young photographers Andy Sweet and Gary Monroe. Click to read more and purchase tickets.

AUTHOR TALK | Ilan Stavans | Sunday, December 8 @ 2 p.m.

Ilan Stavans shares about The Seventh Heaven: Travels Through Jewish Latin America and The Return of Carvajal: A Mystery. Click to read more.

FILM | Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas | Sunday, December 22 @ 2 p.m.

An offbeat, irreverent musical documentary telling the story of a group of Jewish songwriters who wrote the soundtrack to Christianity’s most musical holiday. Click to read more and purchase tickets.

FILM | Beyond the Bolex | Sunday, January 12 @ 2 p.m.

Alyssa Bolsey pieces together the fragments of a forgotten family archive to reveal the epic story of her great-grandfather, the immigrant inventor of the Bolex, a motion picture camera for the masses. Click for more information and purchase tix.

FILMS | Make Me a Match and A Thousand Kisses | Sunday, February 2 @ 2 p.m.

Make Me a Match captures the passion of Jewish singles looking for a match in 2000s America. A Thousand Kisses presents a love story tainted by the harsh historical context of its time. Click to read more and purchase tix.

FILM | The Burning Child | Sunday, February 16 @ 2 p.m.

The Burning Child creates a psychic mapping of Vienna through an exploration of its architectural interiors, set against the backdrop of Austria's troubled past. Click here to read more and purchase tickets.

AUTHOR TALK | How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish, with Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert | Sunday, March 1 @ 2 p.m.

A stunning and rich multi-genre anthology of the interplay of Yiddish and American culture, drawing from 40 years of Pakn Treger and edited by award-winning authors and scholars Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert. Click to read more.

AUTHOR TALK | The 100 Most Jewish Foods, with Alana Newhouse | Thursday, March 5 @ 7 p.m.

Tablet’s list of The 100 Most Jewish Foods is not about the most popular Jewish foods, or the tastiest, or even the most enduring. Click to read more and purchase tickets.

FILM | Monsieur Mayonnaise | Sunday, March 22 @ 2 p.m.

Monsieur Mayonnaise is an artist’s epic adventure into his family’s secret past, starring real life heroes, Nazi villains … and baguettes with lashings of tasty French mayonnaise! Click for more information and to purchase tickets.

Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival | The Adventures of Saul Bellow, sneak peek, with director Q&A | Saturday, March 28 @ 7:30 p.m.

PVJFF | The Adventures of Saul Bellow is the first-ever documentary film on the man described by James Wood as the 'greatest of American prose stylists in the 20th century'. Click to read more and purchase tickets.

Yidstock 2020: July 9-12

The ninth annual Yidstock will take place at the Yiddish Book Center on July 9-12, 2020.