Schedule

10:30 a.m. | Tour the world's first Yiddish museum

This 30-minute tour takes the visitor through the Yiddish Book Center's museum exhibits and allows them to...
DISCOVER the whole of Yiddish literature and its writers
LEARN about Yiddish language
ENCOUNTER the stories of three immigrant families told through words, pictures, and artifacts
EXPERIENCE the world of rural Jews in 1912-1914
GLIMPSE life in the American Jewish home
EXPLORE a Yiddish print shop
WATCH classic Yiddish film clips
LISTEN to vintage Yiddish radio
SEE our visiting exhibits
TOUR the Yiddish Writers Garden, and more

11 a.m. | FILM | Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Presents
A selection of short films about aspects of Yiddish culture, produced by the Wexler Oral History Project.

1 p.m. | TALK | The Epic Story of Yiddish Books

From Warsaw to Chicago, Buenos Aires, Paris, and Tel Aviv, the story of modern Yiddish book publishing mirrors the Jewish experience. Join Yiddish Book Center Bibliographer David Mazower for an illuminated journey through four score (and some) years of Yiddish books in 40 minutes.
2:30 p.m. | CONVERSATION | Yiddish in Translation
Mindl Cohen, director of translation and collections initiatives, speaks with Lisa Newman, host of The Shmooze.

3:30 p.m. | Tour of the Yiddish Book Center's Writers Garden
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