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.
When Martin Broder’s family moved from Brooklyn to Detroit, his family began embarking on annual family trips back to Brooklyn each Passover. It was the one time of year everyone got together—and in this oral history excerpt, Martin provides extraordinary snapshots of the members of his family he’d see around the Seder table every year. […]
2024 Melinda Rosenblatt Lecture | Rohkl Auerbach's Warsaw Testament, with Samuel Kassow Join us in-person or virtually on Sunday, May 5 @ 2 p.m. ET Register for the virtual live stream of the "2024 Melinda Rosenblatt Lecture." The annual Melinda Rosenblatt Lecture will be delivered by Samuel Kassow in conjunction with the publication of his translation […]
The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come Join us for a free family-friendly event at the Yiddish Book Center on Sunday, May 12 @ 10:30 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. EDT Join us for a reading of The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for […]
Frume Halpern’s Blessed Hands with Translator Yermiyahu Ahron Taub Join us for a free virtual talk on Thursday, May 23 @ 7:00 p.m. ET "Register for Book Talk" Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, poet and translator, will discuss his newly released translation of Frume Halpern’s short story collection Blessed Hands (Frayed Edge Press). He is also an alum of the Center’s […]
Traces of a Jewish Artist: The Lost Life and Work of Rahel Szalit, with Kerry Wallach Join us for a free virtual talk on Thursday, May 30 @ 7:00 p.m. ET Register for "Traces of a Jewish Artist" Graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and cartoonist Rahel Szalit (1888–1942) was among the best-known Jewish women artists in […]
Harvey Wang’s New York Opening June 16, 2024, at the Yiddish Book Center Where else but New York? Where would you still find a 97-year-old scrap-metal collector, a pillow maker, a mannequin maker, or someone who still digs graves with a shovel? But not for long. Harvey Wang’s beautiful and often poignant portraits show us […]
Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music is back! Now in its twelfth year, Yidstock brings the best in klezmer and new Yiddish music to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. From July 11 to 14, this four-day festival will include musicians and performers at the forefront of the Yiddish music scene. In addition to […]
