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Censored: Readings from Banned Books and More

The Foundry West Stockbridge 2 Harris Street, West Stockbridge, MA, United States

Censored: Readings from Banned Books and More was first produced at the former John Houseman Theatre in New York City in 1991, under the auspices of The National Coalition Against Censorship, with Judy Blume as advisor. Actors included such luminaries as Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach. The production also ran at The Church Street Theatre in Washington D.C. and at Steppenwolf in Chicago with Studs Terkel in the cast. These productions were in response to a prior wave of book banning that took place decades ago -- before the most recent wave started in 2021. The actors bring the audience

Murder in Manchuria: The True Story of a Jewish Virtuoso, Russian Fascists, a French Diplomat, and a Japanese Spy in Occupied China, with Scott Seligman

Yiddish Book Center 1021 West St., Amherst, MA, United States

In Murder in Manchuria, Scott D. Seligman explores an unsolved murder set amid the chaos that reigned in China in the run-up to World War II. Part cold-case thriller and part social history, the true, tragic saga of Kaspé is told in the context of the larger, improbable story of the lives of the twenty thousand Jews who called Harbin home at the beginning of the twentieth century. Scott D. Seligman recounts the events that led to their arrival and their hasty exodus—and solves a crime that has puzzled historians for decades. Scott D. Seligman is a national award-winning writer with special

Free
Event Series Confessions of a Yiddish Writer: The Life and Work of Chava Rosenfarb

Confessions of a Yiddish Writer: The Life and Work of Chava Rosenfarb

Yiddish Book Center 1021 West St., Amherst, MA, United States

In this new online course, participants will learn about Chava Rosenfarb, a major Yiddish novelist, essayist, and short story writer, who was one of the few writers to compose fiction about the Holocaust in Yiddish. A survivor of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belson, her works remain essential reading on World War II-era and postwar Jewish life. This course is taught by Seb Schulman, director of special projects and partnerships at the Yiddish Book Center, and Rosenfarb’s daugther and translator, Goldie Morgentaler, and will delve into Rosenfarb’s work while considering questions of translation, literary portrayal of genocide and atrocity, and the challenges of

$75 – $100
Event Series Confessions of a Yiddish Writer: The Life and Work of Chava Rosenfarb

Confessions of a Yiddish Writer: The Life and Work of Chava Rosenfarb

Yiddish Book Center 1021 West St., Amherst, MA, United States

In this new online course, participants will learn about Chava Rosenfarb, a major Yiddish novelist, essayist, and short story writer, who was one of the few writers to compose fiction about the Holocaust in Yiddish. A survivor of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belson, her works remain essential reading on World War II-era and postwar Jewish life. This course is taught by Seb Schulman, director of special projects and partnerships at the Yiddish Book Center, and Rosenfarb’s daugther and translator, Goldie Morgentaler, and will delve into Rosenfarb’s work while considering questions of translation, literary portrayal of genocide and atrocity, and the challenges of

$75 – $100
Event Series Confessions of a Yiddish Writer: The Life and Work of Chava Rosenfarb

Confessions of a Yiddish Writer: The Life and Work of Chava Rosenfarb

Yiddish Book Center 1021 West St., Amherst, MA, United States

In this new online course, participants will learn about Chava Rosenfarb, a major Yiddish novelist, essayist, and short story writer, who was one of the few writers to compose fiction about the Holocaust in Yiddish. A survivor of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belson, her works remain essential reading on World War II-era and postwar Jewish life. This course is taught by Seb Schulman, director of special projects and partnerships at the Yiddish Book Center, and Rosenfarb’s daugther and translator, Goldie Morgentaler, and will delve into Rosenfarb’s work while considering questions of translation, literary portrayal of genocide and atrocity, and the challenges of

$75 – $100
Event Series Confessions of a Yiddish Writer: The Life and Work of Chava Rosenfarb

Confessions of a Yiddish Writer: The Life and Work of Chava Rosenfarb

Yiddish Book Center 1021 West St., Amherst, MA, United States

In this new online course, participants will learn about Chava Rosenfarb, a major Yiddish novelist, essayist, and short story writer, who was one of the few writers to compose fiction about the Holocaust in Yiddish. A survivor of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belson, her works remain essential reading on World War II-era and postwar Jewish life. This course is taught by Seb Schulman, director of special projects and partnerships at the Yiddish Book Center, and Rosenfarb’s daugther and translator, Goldie Morgentaler, and will delve into Rosenfarb’s work while considering questions of translation, literary portrayal of genocide and atrocity, and the challenges of

$75 – $100

Portrait photo of mature man, writer, Andre Dubus III

ANDRE DUBUS III: GHOST DOGS

CO-PRESENTED AT THE NORTH ADAMS PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTE: This co-presented event takes place at our neighbor the North Adams Public Library (74 Church St, North Adams, MA), not at MASS MoCA. Join MASS MoCA’s Research & Development Store and the North Adams Public Library for a free reading, conversation, and book-signing with the best-selling author of Townie, reflecting on a life of challenges, contradictions, and fulfillments. During childhood summers in Louisiana, Andre Dubus III’s grandfather taught him that men’s work is hard. As an adult, whether tracking down a drug lord in Mexico as a bounty hunter or grappling with privilege

Free

IN-PERSON TALK | The Voyages of Memory: A Conversation with Marjorie Agosin and Ruth Behar

Yiddish Book Center 1021 West St., Amherst, MA, United States

Join acclaimed Jewish Latin American authors and longtime friends Marjorie Agosin and Ruth Behar as they talk about their explorations of the voyages of memory in their fiction and other writing. Ruth will speak about her new middle grade novel, Across So Many Seas, a sweeping historical saga focused on the gripping stories of four girls from many generations of a Sephardic family. Marjorie will speak about her memoir, A Cross and a Star: Memoirs of a Jewish Girl in Chile, which tells the story of her mother’s memory growing up in the south of Chile with pro-Nazi German settlers, as

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2024 Melinda Rosenblatt Lecture | Rohkl Auerbach’s Warsaw Testament with Samuel Kassow

Yiddish Book Center 1021 West St., Amherst, MA, United States

The annual Melinda Rosenblatt Lecture will be delivered by Samuel Kassow in conjunction with the publication of his translation of Rohkl Auerbach’s Warsaw Testament (White Goat Press). Auerbach was a journalist, literary critic, and one of only three surviving members of the Oyneg Shabes, historian Emanuel Ringelbum’s top-secret group of archivists in the Warsaw Ghetto. Upon immigrating to Israel in 1950 she founded the witness testimony division Yad Vashem and played a foundational role in the development of Holocaust memory. Warsaw Testament, a memoir based on her wartime writings both in the ghetto and on the Aryan side of the occupied city,

Free

The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come

Yiddish Book Center 1021 West St., Amherst, MA, United States

Join us for a reading of The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come, followed by a brief hands-on examination of early 20th century Yiddish children’s illustrated books. Families are then invited to explore the Center’s new exhibition, Yiddish: A Global Culture, with a family guide featuring the Center’s mascot, Tsiggy the Goat. Kids can search for exhibit highlights and add stickers to their guides as they explore. Programs are presented free on Sunday, May 12, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. This event is being presented as part of the 2024 Mass Kids Literature Festival.

Free