Yiddish Book Center
The Yiddish Book Center recovers, preserves, teaches, and celebrates Yiddish literature and culture to advance a fuller understanding of Jewish history and identity. The Center engages diverse, worldwide audiences, generating enthusiasm, knowledge, and commitment to the history and future of Yiddish and Jewish culture. We invite you to explore our collection of recorded virtual public programs and extensive oral histories.
Many videos on this channel are excerpts from in-depth video interviews with native Yiddish speakers, world-renowned klezmer musicians, grandmothers, descendants of Yiddish writers, students, and more from the Center's Wexler Oral History Project. The interviews are focused life histories, covering family background, involvement with Yiddish language and culture, Jewish identity, and the transmission of culture and values across generations and communities. You can find the full interviews on our website: www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story
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Following the live event organized by our partners in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday, 20th August, the Tales of Yiddish Melbourne film is now available to watch on demand.
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Check out our playlist of oral history interview excerpts highlighting the contributions of women Yiddish translators. youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi...
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We were honored to be featured on CBS Saturday morning! Hear our president, Aaron Lansky, explain how he founded the organization 42 years ago, and meet some of our other staff, too! Beautiful shots of Yiddish books and our building. A sheynem dank—thank you!
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"Nobody was left." On Yom HaShaoh, Holocaust Remembrace Day, we honor the memory of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. We are sharing here the words of Moshe Shklar, z"l, a Yiddish poet born in Poland, describing his return to Poland after WWII. We invite you to learn from his story.
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Happy Pride! Check out our playlist of oral history interview excerpts exploring the ways Yiddish and queer identities and cultures intertwine. www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
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In case you missed it, check out this talkback with the directors of our documentary film Ver Vet Blaybn? (Who Will Remain?) moderated by Yiddish scholar Justin Cammy from the 2021 JxJ festival!
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We're thrilled that the first feature-length documentary from the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project will have its world premiere at the Miami Jewish Film Festival April 14-29, 2021! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzUyJ...
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In case you missed it, check out the director of our Wexler Oral History Project in a panel discussion with others named in the 2020 Forward50! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn8UV...
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A freylekhn purim! Happy Purim! www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
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We love this analysis of the music behind this Yiddish Purim song featuring a rendition from our collection.
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