The Yiddish Book Center Yiddish : ייִדישער ביכער־צענטער , romanized : Yidisher Bikher-Tsenter (formerly the National Yiddish Book Center ), located on the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts , United States, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the Yiddish language , as well as the culture and history those books represent. It is one of ten western Massachusetts museums constituting the Museums10 consortium.
21-485: The Yiddish Book Center was founded in 1980 by Aaron Lansky , then a twenty-four-year-old graduate student of Yiddish literature and, until a planned retirement in June 2025, the center's president. In the course of his studies, Lansky realized that untold numbers of irreplaceable Yiddish books were being discarded by American-born Jews unable to read the language of their Yiddish-speaking parents and grandparents. He organized
42-488: A Great Jewish Books Teacher Workshop, a fellowship program, a translation fellowship, as well as online and on-site classes for adult learners, including the Bossie Dubowick YiddishSchool. The center also offers a field trip program for middle and high school students. In 2013, the center launched a translation effort that includes a translation fellowship program; a publishing venture; Taytsh.org,
63-404: A Great Jewish Books Teacher Workshop, a fellowship program, a translation fellowship, as well as online and on-site classes for adult learners, including the Bossie Dubowick YiddishSchool. The center also offers a field trip program for middle and high school students. In 2013, the center launched a translation effort that includes a translation fellowship program; a publishing venture; Taytsh.org,
84-568: A Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come” also tells his story. In February 2024, Lansky noted that he would be retiring from the Yiddish Book Center in June 2025. This biographical article about a person notable in connection with Judaism is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yiddish Book Center The Yiddish Book Center Yiddish : ייִדישער ביכער־צענטער , romanized : Yidisher Bikher-Tsenter (formerly
105-412: A campaign to save the world's remaining Yiddish books. Lansky recounts the origins of the center in his 2004 memoir, Outwitting History . At the time Lansky began his work, scholars estimated there were 70,000 Yiddish books still extant and recoverable. Since then, the Yiddish Book Center has recovered more than a million volumes, and it continues to receive thousands of new books each year from around
126-489: A nationwide network of zamlers (volunteer book collectors) and launched a campaign to save the world's remaining Yiddish books. Lansky recounts the origins of the center in his 2004 memoir, Outwitting History . At the time Lansky began his work, scholars estimated there were 70,000 Yiddish books still extant and recoverable. Since then, the Yiddish Book Center has recovered more than a million volumes, and it continues to receive thousands of new books each year from around
147-445: A twenty-four-year-old graduate student of Yiddish literature and, until a planned retirement in June 2025, the center's president. In the course of his studies, Lansky realized that untold numbers of irreplaceable Yiddish books were being discarded by American-born Jews unable to read the language of their Yiddish-speaking parents and grandparents. He organized a nationwide network of zamlers (volunteer book collectors) and launched
168-734: A website and interactive resource for working Yiddish-to-English translators; and an annual digital Pakn Treger translation anthology. In 2019, the center established White Goat Press, the Yiddish Book Center's imprint. White Goat Press is committed to bringing newly translated work to the widest readership possible, publishing work in all genres. As of 2022, White Goat Press has releases 5 titles including In eynem : The New Yiddish Textbook. 42°19′19.20″N 72°31′39.73″W / 42.3220000°N 72.5277028°W / 42.3220000; -72.5277028 Aaron Lansky Aaron Lansky (born June 17, 1955, in New Bedford, Massachusetts )
189-619: Is the founder of the Yiddish Book Center , an organization he created to help salvage Yiddish language publications. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1989 for his work. Lansky graduated from Hampshire College in 1977 with a B.A. in modern Jewish history , and earned an MA in East European Jewish studies at McGill University in Montreal . He holds honorary doctorates from Amherst College (1998),
210-679: The National Yiddish Book Center ), located on the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts , United States, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the Yiddish language , as well as the culture and history those books represent. It is one of ten western Massachusetts museums constituting the Museums10 consortium. The Yiddish Book Center was founded in 1980 by Aaron Lansky , then
231-548: The State University of New York , and Hebrew Union College . While a graduate student at McGill University, Lansky founded the Yiddish Book Center in 1980. Lansky is the author of Outwitting History (2004), an autobiographical account of how he saved the Yiddish books of the world, from the 1970s to the present day. It won the 2005 Massachusetts Book Award . A children's book called “The Book Rescuer: How
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#1732798388461252-678: The An-sky Expeditions, 1912-14 on the work of ethnographer S. An-sky ; Sholem-Bayes: Reflections on the American Jewish Home ; the Nancy B. Weinstein, Kindervinkl (children's corner); the Appelbaum-Driker Theater, with exhibits on Yiddish film and radio; and a reproduction Yiddish Print Shop with displays about the Yiddish press in the twentieth century. Pakn Treger (Yiddish for "book peddler"),
273-408: The An-sky Expeditions, 1912-14 on the work of ethnographer S. An-sky ; Sholem-Bayes: Reflections on the American Jewish Home ; the Nancy B. Weinstein, Kindervinkl (children's corner); the Appelbaum-Driker Theater, with exhibits on Yiddish film and radio; and a reproduction Yiddish Print Shop with displays about the Yiddish press in the twentieth century. Pakn Treger (Yiddish for "book peddler"),
294-551: The initial word "National" from its name, and is currently known as "Yiddish Book Center." Based on a score of 100, Charity Navigator rated the Yiddish Book Center a score of 97 out of 100 for Accountability and Finance, noting its independent board and positive financial status, and labeled it a 4-Star charity for the fiscal year of 2023. The center has drawn on its duplicate holdings to distribute books to students and scholars, and to establish or strengthen collections at more than 700 research libraries, schools, and museums around
315-549: The initial word "National" from its name, and is currently known as "Yiddish Book Center." Based on a score of 100, Charity Navigator rated the Yiddish Book Center a score of 97 out of 100 for Accountability and Finance, noting its independent board and positive financial status, and labeled it a 4-Star charity for the fiscal year of 2023. The center has drawn on its duplicate holdings to distribute books to students and scholars, and to establish or strengthen collections at more than 700 research libraries, schools, and museums around
336-636: The magazine of the Yiddish Book Center, is an English-language magazine that covers subjects related to Yiddish culture and literature as well as news from the center. Its annual translation issue, a digital publication, features newly translated works of Yiddish literature. The center's online and in-person educational programs include the Steiner Summer Yiddish Program for college students, the Great Jewish Books Summer Program for high school students,
357-462: The magazine of the Yiddish Book Center, is an English-language magazine that covers subjects related to Yiddish culture and literature as well as news from the center. Its annual translation issue, a digital publication, features newly translated works of Yiddish literature. The center's online and in-person educational programs include the Steiner Summer Yiddish Program for college students, the Great Jewish Books Summer Program for high school students,
378-457: The world. In 1997, the Yiddish Book Center moved to its current site in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 49,000-square-foot complex that echoes the rooflines of an East European shtetl (Jewish town). The center is home to permanent and travelling exhibits, a Yiddish book repository, educational programs, and the annual Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music. In 2010, the organization dropped
399-401: The world. In 1997, the Yiddish Book Center moved to its current site in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 49,000-square-foot complex that echoes the rooflines of an East European shtetl (Jewish town). The center is home to permanent and travelling exhibits, a Yiddish book repository, educational programs, and the annual Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music. In 2010, the organization dropped
420-507: The world. The Yiddish Book Center includes a number of different collections: The center offers public programs related to Yiddish and Jewish culture. Each year, the center hosts two visiting exhibits in its Brechner Gallery. It also has a number of permanent exhibits: the Lee & Alfred Hutt Discovery Gallery, an interactive exhibit on Jewish cultural identity; Unquiet Pages focused on Yiddish literature; A Living Connection: Photographs from
441-458: The world. The Yiddish Book Center includes a number of different collections: The center offers public programs related to Yiddish and Jewish culture. Each year, the center hosts two visiting exhibits in its Brechner Gallery. It also has a number of permanent exhibits: the Lee & Alfred Hutt Discovery Gallery, an interactive exhibit on Jewish cultural identity; Unquiet Pages focused on Yiddish literature; A Living Connection: Photographs from
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