Tag: Yiddish Books
Medem Library in Paris
The Medem Library was founded in 1929 in Paris, France by Eastern European immigrants and members of the Medem Union, a league of Yiddish writers and political activists. Today, the Medem Library houses nearly...
DESIRES BY CELIA DROPKIN
Tuesday, July 9 | 6:30pm ET
In person at YIVO in NYC and on Zoom.
Book Talk | Desires (White Goat Press, 2024), the only novel by Celia (Tsilye) Dropkin (1887–1956), was originally serialized between March 31 and June...
Adventures in Yiddishland. Postvernacular Language and Culture by Jeffrey Shandler
Adventures in Yiddishland examines the transformation of Yiddish in the six decades since the Holocaust, tracing its shift from the language of daily life for millions of Jews to what the author terms a...
SaveTheMusic presents: “Hob ikh mir a mantl” (I had an Overcoat)
The picturebook Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback uses a creative approach to capture the reader’s attention. By observing the book the reader can anticipate that Joseph has an old overcoat. This...
Recorded Yiddish Books from the Sami Rohr Collection
Der 'Yiddish Book Center' fun Amherst, Massachusets (noent tzu di shtot Boston), hobn mir gebetn aykh ibertzugebn vegn dem oysfarkoif fun IDISHE AUDIO-BIJER mit verk fun Sholem Ash; I.B. Zinger; Rojl Aoyerbaj; I.L.Peretz; Sholem...