NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC
1021 WEST STREET, AMHERST, MA 01002 www.yiddishbookcenter.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE YIDDISH BOOK CENTER IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WORKING TO RECOVER, CELEBRATE, AND REGENERATE YIDDISH AND MODERN JEWISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE.

VISITOR AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS - WELCOMED VISITORS AND OFFERED PERMANENT AND TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS AND INTERPRETIVE TOURS UNTIL THE BUILDING WAS CLOSED IN MARCH 2020 DUE TO COVID-19. DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE CENTER HAS REPLACED ITS IN-PERSON PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND LAUNCHED A WEEKLY SERIES OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC PROGRAMS WHICH STREAM LIVE EVERY THURSDAY ON ZOOM AND FACEBOOK LIVE TO AUDIENCES OF 500-1000 PER PROGRAM.

EDUCATION - THE CENTER OFFERED SEVERAL MAJOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR UNDERGRADUATES AND RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES. THE 7-WEEK STEINER SUMMER PROGRAM INCLUDED 20 STUDENTS WHO STUDIED YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND MODERN JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE. THE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES OFFERED A 12-MONTH PROGRAM TO 5 RECENT GRADUATES WHO PARTICIPATED IN A VARIETY OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROJECTS INCLUDING BOOK DIGITIZATION, ORAL HISTORY, EXHIBIT DEVELOPMENT, ON-SITE AND ONLINE COURSE DEVELOPMENT, AND THE CENTER'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAGAZINE, PAKN TREGER. THE GREAT JEWISH BOOKS PROGRAM WAS OFFERED TO 38 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO SPENT ONE WEEK ENGAGED IN AN INTENSE EXPLORATION OF JEWISH LITERATURE. THE STEINER SUMMER YIDDISH PROGRAM AND THE GREAT JEWISH BOOKS HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM WERE BOTH SUCCESSFULLY CONVERTED TO VIRTUAL SETTINGS DUE TO COVID-19. THE CENTER ALSO HELD THE GREAT JEWISH BOOKS SUMMER SEMINAR FOR TEACHERS AS A 4-WEEK VIRTUAL PROGRAM. YIDDISHSCHOOL, A WEEKLONG RESIDENTIAL YIDDISH PROGRAM FOR ADULTS WAS HELD AS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM. THE CENTER COMPLETED THE CREATION OF A NEW BEGINNING YIDDISH LANGUAGE TEXTBOOK WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN SUMMER 2020.

CULTURAL RESCUE AND PRESERVATION - THE CENTER HAS PLACED THE FULL CONTENT OF MORE THAN 13,000 TITLES ONLINE THROUGH THE NON-PROFIT INTERNET ARCHIVE, MAKING YIDDISH LITERATURE THE SINGLE MOST ACCESSIBLE LITERATURE IN HISTORY. THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN DOWNLOADED FOR FREE MORE THAN 2 MILLION TIMES. THE CENTER IS NOW COLLABORATING WITH THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL, YIVO, AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY TO DIGITIZE THE REST OF YIDDISH LITERATURE ALONG WITH JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS. THE CENTER ALSO COLLECTS ORAL HISTORIES THROUGH ITS WEXLER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT. NOW A GROWING COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 1,000 INTERVIEWS, THESE ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CENTERS WEBSITE AND ON YOUTUBE FOR SCHOLARS, TEACHERS, AND OTHERS. THE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT ALSO CREATES SHORT FILMS BASED ON THE INTERVIEWS COLLECTED. THE CENTER CONTINUES TO RESCUE YIDDISH BOOKS AND DISTRIBUTES THESE BOOKS TO LIBRARIES, SCHOLARS, AND STUDENTS. THESE MATERIALS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE ONLINE. THE CENTER CONTINUES TO RESCUE YIDDISH BOOKS AND DISTRIBUTES BOOKS TO LIBRARIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD.

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