Yiddish Book Center

The Yiddish Book Center is dedicated to uncovering, safeguarding, educating about, and honoring Yiddish literature and culture. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Jewish history and identity. The Center connects with a wide range of audiences around the globe, fostering excitement, knowledge, and dedication to the past and future of Yiddish and Jewish culture.

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Weekly Reader: Yiddish in the Summertime

Jun 16, 2024 | yiddishbookcenter.org | Rabindranath Tagore

For most of us, the recent weather has made it feel like summer started a long time ago. And in the United States, the unofficial start to summer is often considered to be the long Memorial Day weekend. But this week will be the solstice—and therefore the official start to summer! So enjoy the longest day of the year and whatever else the season has in store for you.
Peretz Markish and His Circle

Aug 7, 2023 | yiddishbookcenter.org | Abraham Sutzkever |Justin Cammy

After their escape from the Vilna ghetto on September 12, 1943, Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever and his wife Freydke spent six months in the forest among partisan fighters before they were airlifted and brought to safety in Moscow. There, Sutzkever was conscripted by the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee to write a chronicle of his two years in the ghetto. Sutzkever’s time in Moscow put him into contact with leading figures of Soviet-Yiddish culture.