JOBS   |  DIRECTORY   |   FORUM   |   ABOUT   |   CONTACT   |   MEMBERSHIP   |   ADVERTISE   |   SHOP

0

POST YOUR EVENT to our Calendar. It’s free! Usually pretty easy, too, but if you run into trouble, contact us.

You must log in to create events you can edit or delete if needed. Not a member? Not to worry. Choose a membership level here (free is fine).

Yiddish Book Center

  1. Events
  2. Venues
  3. Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002 United States Get Directions
4132564900
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/
Events at this venue
Today

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

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

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

GRAND OPENING | Yiddish: A Global Culture

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

On October 15, 2023, the Yiddish Book Center will debut our major new permanent exhibition, Yiddish: A Global Culture. The exhibition tells a multitude of global yet deeply personal stories, exploring modern Yiddish literature, theater, music, press, and politics through approximately 350 objects. A grand reopening celebration on October 15, 2023 will include a dedication, live performances, and exhibition tours throughout the day.

Free