Yiddish Book Center

@YiddishBookCtr

A nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate Yiddish and modern Jewish literature and culture.

Amherst, MA
Joined November 2010

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  1. Jan 3

    The Jewish Deli and the Third Space: A Chat with Ted Merwin author of Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli

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  2. 31 Dec 2018

    Just in time from end the year on a sweet note with this Bavarian treat, a simple cake covered with a maple-caramel sauce. ...

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  3. 28 Dec 2018

    "A New Year’s Eve State of Mind", Published in Haynt, January 3,1936 (Warsaw) By A. S. Lirik (Arn Riklis), translated by

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  4. 26 Dec 2018

    Hungry? Check out this roundup and do share your local favorites?

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  5. 21 Dec 2018

    "Have you ever paused to consider the spiritual and physical affinities between the desolate universe of Samuel Beckett and the wacky world of vintage Warner Brothers cartoons?"

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  6. 20 Dec 2018

    Looking for something to read? Check out the recommended reads on the shelves in our online English-language bookstore and stock up for those long-winter nights.

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  7. 19 Dec 2018

    To quote a former bibliographer - "Books come in. Books go out." And lately, there have been many, many arriving daily.

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  8. 17 Dec 2018

    Join Great Jewish Books Book Club by Dec 20. Receive four books—novels, memoirs, short stories, essays, poetry—over the course of the year. Join a community of readers. All books in English- translated from the original Yiddish.

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  9. 13 Dec 2018

    to joining one of the world’s great cantors on a quick blessing. Listen for him and the shaarhashomayim choir on the NEW YidLife episode soundtrack! LINK IN BIO

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  10. 13 Dec 2018
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  11. 10 Dec 2018

    2019 Great Jewish Books Book Club, join by Dec 16 - get four books - modern Yiddish literature in English translation - over the course of a year- delivered to your mailbox...and join a community of readers. Details and signup -

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  12. 7 Dec 2018

    alum and Board Member professor of Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture at Columbia University and author of Jewish Comedy: A Serious History, on the true story behind Mrs. Maisel‘s summer vacation.

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  13. 6 Dec 2018

    Mazl tov & Yermiyahu Taub on announcement of their being awarded The Modern Languages Association prize for translation of “Oedipus in Brooklyn.” Listen to Ellen's podcast on translating “Oedipus in Brooklyn.”

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  14. 5 Dec 2018

    "What's the Meaning of Hanukkah? By Mendele Moykher-Sforim; translated by Ri Turner. Holiday stories were a tradition in Yiddish literature. Audiences looked forward to reading the latest tale by their favorite writer in the Yiddish newspaper.

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  15. 3 Dec 2018

    "The two moments are separated by two millennia and thousands of miles, but Manfred Anson thought it perfectly appropriate to bring them together."

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  16. 2 Dec 2018

    A great Hanukkah gift for you and yours- Great Jewish Books Book Club. Four English-language books over the course a year - each thoughtfully selected by staff...modern Yiddish literature in English translation. Learn more and sign-up:

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  17. 30 Nov 2018

    Indecision, fear, and overcoming them to find hope are the overarching themes of Boris Sandler's 1987 short story "Daddy's Day. new translation of Sandler's story -

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  18. 29 Nov 2018

    Rokhl’s Golden City: Happy Khanike! A great roundup as always...

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  19. 29 Nov 2018
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  20. 28 Nov 2018

    New in translation, originally written as a diptych but published in the mid-1980s under separate titles. Solomon and Shulamite by Boris Sandler, translated by Jordan Kutzik.

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