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Welcome to the Yiddish Book Center! Here, you'll find details about our history, mission, and vision, get to know our dedicated staff and Board, explore employment opportunities, and read the latest news from the Yiddish Book Center, including upcoming publications from White Goat Press.
Since 2009, we've made more than 11,000 titles available online in our Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library. The comprehensive collection includes works of fiction, memoirs, poetry, plays, short stories, science manuals, cookbooks, primers, and more, by the most renowned Yiddish authors and lesser-known writers alike.
Join. Our Mission (updated August 2023) 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 ...
The center is home to permanent and travelling exhibits, a Yiddish book repository, educational programs, and the annual Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music. In 2010, the organization dropped the initial word "National" from its name, and is currently known as "Yiddish Book Center."
The Yiddish Book Center is open Sunday–Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Plan your visit to experience Yiddish: A Global Culture, our groundbreaking new permanent exhibition which will be on display at the Center for many years to come. Visit. The Yiddish Book Center's landmark core exhibition.
May 27, 2021 · The Yiddish Book Center is open Sunday–Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed Shabbos (Saturday) For a list of holiday closures please scroll to the bottom of this page.
When we founded the Yiddish Book Center in 1980, most Jewish leaders insisted that Yiddish was dead. Fortunately, 30,000 people disagreed: they signed up as members and built the Yiddish Book Center into one of the largest and most vibrant Jewish cultural organizations in the world today.
