Yiddish Book Center

Name: Yiddish Book Center
Address: 1021 West Street, Amherst, MA, 01002
Telephone: (413) 256.4900

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1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

(413) 256.4900 www.yiddishbookcenter.org/

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.

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In the Yiddish Book Center’s Museum Store our shelves are stocked with an interesting and surprising mix of contemporary Jewish fiction, cookbooks, children’s books, gifts, and an expanding list of works in translation. We invite you to browse and enjoy, and as always, let us know if you have any questions or suggestions.

The Yiddish Book Center is located on the grounds of “Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.” Once you arrive on campus, follow signs to the Yiddish Book Center. The Center’s museum and Visitors Center is open Sunday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Jewish and legal holidays.

July 2020

Yiddish Book Center, Yidstock

July 9 - July 12

Yiddish Book Center, 1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002 + Google Map

Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music brings the best in klezmer and new Yiddish music to the stage at the Yiddish Book Center. The 9th annual Yidstock takes place—rain or shine—July 9-12. For a full schedule of Yidstock events, including talks and workshops, visit yiddishbookcenter.org/yidstock. I look forward to welcoming you to what promises to be a great four days of concerts and events!

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