The world’s first Yiddish museum, the Yiddish Book Center is home to permanent and visiting exhibits; two performance halls with a year-round schedule of public and educational programs; the annual Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music; an English-language bookstore; and a million Yiddish books. The Yiddish Book Center is a non-profit organization working to tell the whole Jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating Yiddish books and presenting innovative educational programs that broaden understanding of modern Jewish identity.
Hanukkah begins on Sunday, December 18 this year, so it's definitely not too early to shop now! Hanukkah Children's Books From unicorns to detectives, with plenty of latkes and even a bilingual Hanukkah story. Hanukkah Gift Ideas Menorahs, household items, book-related accessories, and other fun ideas. Hanukkah Toys and Games Memory games, arts and crafts, musical menorahs, […]
View recordings NEW YORK JEWISH BOOK FESTIVAL | Yiddish Literature, Translation, and Performance | Sunday, December 11, 2022 @ 1 p.m. EST Join us at the Museum of Jewish Heritage's first ever New York Jewish Book Festival, where we will present a panel, "Yiddish Literature, Translation, and Performance." With Center alums, Caraid O’Brien, Zeke Levine, & […]
"Fear and Other Stories," with translator Anita Norich "Fear and Other Stories," translated by Anita Norich, from Yiddish to English of the collected stories of Chana Blankshteyn (~1860–1939), a woman who may be almost entirely forgotten now but was widely admired during her long and productive life. The mere existence of these stories is itself […]
Chanukah, oy khaneke! Who knew that “menorah,” the familiar American Jewish term for the Hanukkah candelabrum, comes from Ladino? In Yiddish, the nine-branched candle holder is a khanike-lempl (Hanukkah lamp), and in Israeli Hebrew it’s a hanukia. That’s not the only linguistic confusion surrounding the Festival of Lights. According to Dovid Braun, “there are more […]
