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When Yiddish Was Young in Israel

Hosted By: Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, MA)

Focusing on “Yung Yisroel” (Young Israel)—a group of Yiddish writers in 1950s–1960s Israel—Shachar Pinsker will examine the history of Yiddish as it played out in cultural production and the writers in Israel who continued to write and publish in Yiddish.

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Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, MA)

The Yiddish Book Center is a nonprofit organization working 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. The Yiddish Book Center is home to permanent and visiting exhibits; two performance halls with a year-round schedule of educational programs, concerts (including the annual Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music), films, and events; an English-language bookstore; and a million Yiddish books.
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