National Yiddish Book Center
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The National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, adjacent to Hampshire College. It is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books and documents in the Yiddish language. It is a member of Museums10 and is a non-profit institution, and its cultural programs are funded by memberships and grants.
History
The Center was founded in 1980 by Aaron Lansky. It was the first organization dedicated to the preservation of Yiddish language and culture; all the major Jewish organizations initially refused to fund or aid it, claiming that Yiddish was a dead language, before the Center's great success provided evidence to the contrary.Collections
The Center's extensive Yiddish library consists of 1.5 million donated volumes. Its Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library has digitized the entire collection, making reprints of every title available for purchase. The Center also publishes Pakn Treger, an English-language magazine and offers a prestigious summer internship program for college students interested in learning Yiddish.External links
- [National Yiddish Book Center]
- [Yiddish Summer: The Center's Summer Internship Program]
- Shiri Lev-Ari: ["Outrageous and funny and spirited"] (Ha'aretz, November 8th, 2005; Hebrew version: [מהממת, מצחיקה, מצפונית ורבת השראה]) – an article about the National Yiddish Book Center and its founder and director, Aaron Lansky.
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