This site is made possible with support from the jim joseph foundation, which is devoted to fostering compelling, effective jewish learning experiences for youth and young adults in the u. Phd candidate meyer weinshel studies how yiddish translations of german poetry shaped modern jewish cultural developments. It is one of ten western massachusetts museums constituting the museums10. I worked at national yiddish book center fulltime pros better compensation than many jobs available in the area talented, whipsmart, overqualified support staff beautiful physical location meaningful mission some departments fair much better than others a decent place to learn the ropes ample room for entrylevel staff. A history from colonial times to today by pamela s. National yiddish book center, cultural institution dedicated to collecting and distributing endangered yiddish books and, through programs and education, opening up their contents to new readers. Youll find accounts of a trip to collect the donated library of a yiddish author. Explore our digital yiddish library of more than 11,000 titles, and our diverse collections, including contemporary oral histories, lectures, yiddish audiobooks, and more.
Collection of yiddish poems, some of which were originally written in hebrew and rendered into yiddish by various translators paperbound electronic reproduction this item is offered for sale by the national yiddish book center. The yiddish book center translation fellowship program trains, supports, and encourages a new generation of yiddish literary translators. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish and modern jewish literature and culture. The national yiddish book center was founded in 1980 by macarthur fellow aaron lansky, who continues to lead the organization as its president. Yiddish selftaughtcover electronic reproduction this item is offered for sale by the national yiddish book center. The translation fellowship program is part of the centers larger translation initiative to train and mentor a new generation of yiddish translators and publish newly translated works. Yiddish book center award from london book fair jewish ledger. National yiddish book center in amherst, ma librarything. Translators at the yiddish book center, amherst, ma. Yiddish translation fellowship yiddish book center. Founded in 1980, 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. Read new translations of yiddish literature, learn about the yiddish book.
Translating social distancing, from arabic to yiddish. The list includes a crosslisting by specialty including experts in handwritten materials and translators who read hebrew as well as yiddish. Profiles, commentary, interviews, and articles on yiddish and modern jewish culture. As the worlds only comprehensive supplier of yiddish books, the book center helped establish yiddish collections at more than 600 great libraries, including harvard, yale, library of congress, the british library, hebrew university in jerusalem, and national libraries in countries as distant as australia, china and japan. Oedipus in brooklyn and other stories by blume lempel.
Read new translations of yiddish literature, learn about the yiddish book centers translation initiative, and white goat press. Up to ten translation fellows will be selected to receive yearlong mentorship and training to complete book length projects in yiddish translation. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish. The yiddish book center translation fellowship trains, supports, and encourages a new generation of yiddish literary translators. The yiddish book center is now accepting applications for. Connect with ellen for information about ellens books, upcoming speaking engagements, and more, please follow on facebook or twitter, or subscribe to ellens occasional email. This statistic comes from the yiddish book center, which has also recently highlighted some of the female translators active in their translation initiatives. The national yiddish book center pays people to translate a small number of yiddish books each year.
Yiddish book center shortlisted for the london book fair. Beginning with the center s 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme. Up to ten translation fellows will be selected to receive yearlong mentorship and training to complete booklength projects in yiddish translation. Effort to preserve yiddish works not bupkes sdpb radio. This is the opinion of a bibliographer from the national yiddish book center in massachusetts. Recognition for the yiddish book center s translation initiative. She is an associate professor at columbia college chicago, where she teaches creative writing and translation, and is a. Read new translations of yiddish literature, learn about the yiddish book center s translation initiative, and white goat press. In the great jewish books summer program, high school students read, discuss. Yiddish life expectancy extended with recent revival efforts. Dear friend, take a look at our fellows blog, tsum yarid, for a glimpse of the many projects underway at the book center. Until recently, 15 of these books have been available and.
The yiddish book center launched its translation initiative in 2012 with the goal of training and mentoring a new generation of literary translators and bringing newly translated works to publication through the centers imprint. The yiddish book center announced that it has been shortlisted for the 2019 london book fair international excellence awards in the category of the literary translation initiative award. Sholem asch and his translators yiddish book center. Effort to preserve yiddish works not bupkes wgcu news. In 1995, in collaboration with a california public radio station, the nybc produced jewish short stories from eastern europe and beyond, nine cassette. Yiddish book center amherst 2020 all you need to know. Yiddish book centers spielberg digital yiddish library. The program that i participated in, the steiner summer yiddish program, brought together a group of nineteen students and gave us the materials to learn yiddish at the national yiddish book center. The national yiddish book center is a vibrant, nonprofit organization working to rescue yiddish and other modern jewish books and celebrate the culture they contain. Get the best combination of low cost, high quality and fast delivery language translation services from tomedes. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to. Founded in 1980, the yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating yiddish.
Beginning with the centers 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit institution, and its programs are funded by contributions from over 30,000 as of 2005 members, and gifts and grants. Visitors look at an exhibit at the national yiddish book center in amherst, mass. Feb 27, 2014 the same spirit animates taytsh translation, a website created by the national yiddish book center with sophisticated tools for yiddish translators to share and edit each others translations. This is certainly a welcome development, considering that only 2% of yiddish literature, primarily that by male authors, has been translated. Jewish presence in eastern europe, 20042012 will be in the yiddish book centers brechner gallery through october 15, 2017. Lansky said he expected about 25 people but 98 people attended the seminar. One of the greatest proponents of yiddish literature in translation today is the national yiddish book center nybc. The steven spielberg digital yiddish library includes more than 11,000 yiddish titles. While we cant provide translation services due to the high volume of requests we receive, we do maintain a list of freelance translators whom you may contact. The relationship between author and translator isnt always an easy oneas seen in. This 45minute tour takes the visitor through the yiddish book centers museum exhibits and allows them to. It has a website called taitch, where a community of 200 translators discusses the origins and. Read new translations of yiddish literature and learn about our publishing initiatives that are making yiddish literature accessible to a new generation of readers.
Located in amherst, massachusetts, the center safeguards a collection of 1. Email march update from the yiddish book center yiddish. The yiddish book centers translation fellowship program trains, supports, and encourages the work of yiddish literary translators. In addition, we can provide you with used copies and reprints of most yiddish titles at nominal cost. She is an associate professor at columbia college chicago, where she teaches creative writing and translation, and is a core faculty member at the randolph college mfa program. When he was a 23yearold graduate student, lansky stumbled upon an alarming fact. Some have gone on to receive honors of their own, including grants from penheim and the national. He spent fall 2018 conducting archival research at the national library of israel in jerusalem, working closely with manuscripts and translations of german literature into yiddish. Tomedes provides the best yiddish translation quotes. The same spirit animates taytsh translation, a website created by the national yiddish book center with sophisticated tools for yiddish translators to. Yiddish book center award from london book fair jewish. The steven spielberg digital yiddish library includes more than 11,000 yiddish titles available to read online or download free of charge.
National yiddish book center is rated 3 out of 4 stars by charity navigator. National yiddish book centernational yiddish book center, cultural institution dedicated to collecting and distributing endangered yiddish books and, through programs and education, opening up their contents to new readers. Her translations of avrom sutzkever were awarded a fellowship from the nea in 2016, while her translations of yoysef kerler were awarded a fellowship from the national yiddish book center in 2019. Charity navigator rating for national yiddish book center. The yiddish book center national yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts, united states, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books represent. Founded in 1980 by aaron lansky, the center was one of the first organizations in america dedicated to the preservation of yiddish literature and culture. The yiddish book center is a vibrant, nonprofit organization working to rescue yiddish and other modern jewish books and celebrate the culture they contain. She has also published translations of anna margolin, celia dropkin, malka lee and other yiddish poets, as well as her own poetry in her own english.
Oct 04, 20 it has been long believed that yiddish is limited to haredi and hasidic families, but evidently, the interest in yiddish has increased in the jewish mainstream. National yiddish book center inc guidestar profile. Does translating yiddish preserve history or betray it. Henry sapoznik, founding director of the mayrent institute for yiddish culture at the university of wisconsinmadison, has been awarded a 2015 translation fellowship from the national yiddish book center the translation fellowship program was founded to train, support, and encourage a new generation of yiddish literary translators and scholars. About the yiddish book center translation fellowship yiddish. The center s jewish short stories from eastern europe and beyond, a part audio series produced for national. The recent yiddish revival is happening in more than one avenue. Membership of american literary translators association 701 national endowment for the arts funding. National yiddish book center jewish virtual library. Sapoznik lands yiddish translation fellowship college of. The national yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to rescue yiddish books and share their content with the world.
Jan 19, 2017 while the process wasnt always smooth, the result was so successful that the manuscript won the 2012 translation prize awarded by national yiddish book center. See more ideas about theatre, jewish history and typography poster. Additional funding for this site has been provided by the applebaum foundation and by yiddish book center members. Effort to preserve yiddish works not bupkes by editor aug 9, 2014. The awards, held in partnership with the uk publishers association, celebrate publishing success in seventeen categories and represent the best publishing ambassadors, innovative publishing. This book is the first englishlanguage collection of lempels stories and is based on a manuscript that won the 2012 national yiddish book center translation prize. Mar 30, 2009 one of the greatest proponents of yiddish literature in translation today is the national yiddish book center nybc. The decade of discovery is a new initiative of the yiddish book center designed to foster a deeper understanding of yiddish and modern jewish culture.
The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization that works to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating yiddish books and p. She was for several years the translation editor of the pakn treger, the magazine of the national yiddish book center. Visitor programs welcomed approximately 10,000 visitors and offered permanent and traveling exhibitions and interpretive tours. Yiddish book center receives literary translation award from. High quality yiddish translation services by professional yiddish translators.
Yiddish literature in english translation jewish currents. The yiddish book center is now accepting applications for the. While we cant provide translation services due to the high volume of requests we receive, we do maintain a list of freelance translators whom you may contact for assistance. The translation fellowship program is part of the center s larger translation initiative to train and mentor a new generation of yiddish translators and publish newly translated works.
National yiddish book centers aaron lansky, american. She teaches yiddish in the uriel weinreich program in yiddish language, literature and culture in new york city. It is one of ten western massachusetts museums constituting the museums10 consortium. How a mensch from massachusetts saved yiddish literature for generations to come by sue macy.
A special collaboration with the national yiddish book center amherst, ma in the 1980s and 90s, the jpl recorded some of montreals last europeanborn native yiddish reading the most popular yiddish books, creating the worlds largest collection of unabridged yiddish audio books. The award recognizes the yiddish book centers ongoing efforts to raise the profile of literature in translation, to train and mentor a new generation of yiddish translators, and to bring. Aug 09, 2014 the national yiddish book center pays people to translate a small number of yiddish books each year. National yiddish book center is a libraries, historical societies and landmark preservation charity located in amherst, ma. The center recently hosted a conference aimed at recruiting young translators of yiddish to english. Board of directors the american literary translators. Each year, the program selects a group of emerging translators who are versed in yiddish language and culture. This book is the first english language collection and translation of lempels stories and is based on a manuscript that won the 2012 national yiddish book center translation prize. She translates hebrew poetry and prose, and has also served as a translation mentor for the national yiddish book center.
The shmooze the yiddish book center s podcasts include conversations with jewish culture makers, plus news and stories related to yiddish language, literature, and culture. View all attractions near yiddish book center on tripadvisor. The book center publishes an englishlanguage magazine, pakn treger, which features essays, fiction, new translations, cultural reporting, photographs, and art connecting contemporary jewish life to its roots in yiddish culture. More than 10,000 of our titles are now available freeofcharge through the open content alliance.
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