In the heart of western massachusetts, museums10 is a dynamic collaborative of 10 museums that inspire, engage and enrich their communities through shared experiences of art, literature, history and the natural world. Robert crown center at hampshire college, tuesday, april 30, 2019. Hampshire college yiddish book center hampshire county, massachusetts, us get directions all months jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec all years last 10 years current year. It is one of ten western massachusetts museums constituting the museums10 consortium. The center has also been the leading provider of yiddish texts for the public and private sectors. The center is adjacent to the hampshire college campus in amherst, massachusetts. There will be a screening of the short documentary, bridge of books, narrated by founder and president, aaron lansky 73f, which tells the history of the center. The yiddish book centers building is temporarily closed, but our work continues online and on social media. She liked being a city kid, and the independence that gave. Jul 28, 2006 while yiddish may have replenished my grandparents spirits in a puzzling environment, it no longer had the power to nurture me. Hampshire college community reacts to staff, faculty losses charles and polly longsworth arts village at hampshire college, tuesday, april 30, 2019.
In addition to yiddish texts, the center houses permanent and temporary displays, which range. A history from colonial times to today by pamela s. At hampshire as well as at mount holyoke, students have organized an independent jewish students union. Yiddish book center amherst 2020 all you need to know. A stormy relationship begins on a college campus in 1937 and struggles through the coming decades. Visitors are always welcome at our architecturally distinctive museum and visitors center, designed to recall a shtetlthe iconic jewish town of eastern europeand set on a tenacre apple orchard at the edge of the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish and modern jewish literature and culture. Boston airport bos to yiddish book center 3 ways to. Following the film one of the centers fellows will provide a private.
Sep 17, 2019 hampshire college yiddish book center. Find cheap deals and discount rates among them that best fit your budget. Yiddish book center in amherst yiddish book center 1021. The class will be held in the sholem aleichem classroom on the lower level of the yiddish book center in the education wing. Several faculty participated in an april 11 conference, wroclawbreslau. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization that. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization that works 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. Mar 09, 2019 hampshire college opened in 1970, and some of the ideas in the original proposalsuch as an emphasis on seminars and a winter month of intensive studyhave become common features of liberal.
Students live alongside residential staff in a hampshire college dormitory, where they. Penina glazer 16june2010 yiddish book center internet archive. The newly formed hampshire college klezmer ensemble, directed by the book center s vice president for education hankus netsky and hampshire college student, peter bonos presents a concert in our theater on april 14 at 7 p. Dakin house is one of hampshire college s five dorm complexes. Yiddish book center, 1021 west st, amherst, ma 2020. This site is made possible with support from the jim joseph foundation, which is devoted to fostering compelling, effective jewish learning experiences for youth and young adults in the u. The yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts, united states, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books represent. The national yiddish book center on the campus of hampshire college has been open since 1997, a facility open to the public to encourage exploration of yiddish culture and modern jewish literature. The yiddish book center is on the campus of hampshire college. Yiddish language study at hampshire hampshire college. Hampshire collegeyiddish book center ebird hotspots.
Right on the campus of hampshire college, sits this cultural gem dedicated to the preservation and advancement of yiddish, the mother tongue for european jews for over years. The centers internship program has given dozens of students a valuable foundation for notable careers in the fields of jewish studies and education. The yiddish book center is working to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating yiddish books and. Yiddish book center join randi silnutzer 77f, director of operations, for a tour of the yiddish book center. Had a very enjoyable visit to the yiddish book center on the beautiful hampshire college campus. Nov 14, 2012 thats why the college and the national yiddish book center partnered to create a yiddish language class, with a teacher shared by the two institutions. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to. Sophia grew up in new york city, on the upper west side, with a brother and with wonderful parents. Sophia was a jan term student at the yiddish book center in 2011. Saving a million yiddish books was just the beginning. The decade of discovery is a new initiative of the yiddish book center designed to foster a deeper understanding of yiddish and modern jewish culture. Hampshire colleges yiddish book center cultural liaison invites you to attend a series of classic yiddish films. Charles and polly longsworth arts village at hampshire college, tuesday, april 30, 2019. There is a kosher kitchen on campus that is organized and maintained by observant students, and kosher facilities are also available on other campuses.
Save on popular hotels near yiddish book center, springfield. Yiddish book center museums northampton chamber of. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish. While here on the gorgeous hampshire college campus and apple orchard your student group can explore the yiddish book center on your own or partake in a field trip program. Hampshire college yiddish book center hampshire county, massachusetts, us get directions all months jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct.
Students may stay in dormitory suites at hampshire college, which is within walking distance of the yiddish book center. Additional funding for this site has been provided by the applebaum foundation and by yiddish book center members. When you enter the building, you walk onto the graycarpeted mezzanine and can look over the collection. Beginning with the centers 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme. National yiddish book center 1021 west st amherst, ma.
Browse expedias selection of 244 hotels and places to stay closest to yiddish book center. The yiddish book center is here, which is not a resource that exists anywhere else. If youre looking for things to see and do in the area, you might want to stop in and see mullins center and calvin theater. The national yiddish book center is located on the hampshire college campus, which is a short bus ride on the pvta 39 line. Home the yiddish book centers great jewish books teacher.
I carried this sense of failed mission for several years until aaron lansky established the national yiddish book center on the hampshire college campus in amherst, mass. Yiddish book center jewish federation of the berkshires. The center s internship program has given dozens of students a valuable foundation for notable careers in the fields of jewish studies. Poles, germans, jews and their city, held at the national yiddish book center at hampshire college. The center is housed in a building designed to look like a 19thcentury shtetl, iconic jewish towns in eastern europe. Penina glazer, longtime board member at the yiddish book center and professor emerita of history at hampshire college, was interviewed by christa whitney on june 16, 2010 at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. Our priority now is to advance knowledge of the content and literary and cultural progeny of the books weve saved.
Email april update from the national yiddish book center. The yiddish book center national yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts, united states, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books represent. Email yiddish film series at hampshire college updated. The yiddish book center national yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts, united states, is a cultural. Who can apply to the great jewish books summer program. Museums10 is affiliated with the five college consortium in western massachusetts. The yiddish book center is a beautiful place architectuarlly and spiritually. I need yiddish back in my life teachers college, columbia. Jun 16, 1997 national yiddish book center opens in amherst, mass, on campus of hampshire college.
Faculty organize international conference on wroclaw. Elsewhere, the college has plans to install 7,542 solar collectors to be placed between the eric carle museum and yiddish book center, on the hampshire college farm and other nearby land. National yiddish book center located on the hampshire campus, the national yiddish book center creates innovative programs to inspire readers and students who want to learn more about jewish history and culture. Hampshire collegeyiddish book center ebird hotspots ebird.
Kern center at hampshire college produces own heat. How a mensch from massachusetts saved yiddish literature for generations to come by sue macy. Inside the very attractive building we saw a short film that tells the story of how one mans search for yiddish books to read lead to the creation of this huge book collection and. A collection of long, lost books has been gathered with many stories. The yiddish book centers steiner summer yiddish program takes place at the center, adjacent to the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts. The program in jewish studies at smith college explores the history, literature, arts, politics, philosophy, culture, religion and languages of the jewish people from its origins in ancient israel through contact with major world civilizations over the course of a global diaspora extending more than two millennia. Penina begins by speaking about her familys life in eastern europe and their journey to the united states. As of september 2012, vaisman is both director of the yiddish language institute at the book center and adjunct assistant professor of yiddish at hampshire. The story how a young college student collecting yiddish books for research started this museum is incredible. With echoes of the shtetl, a center for yiddish books in new.