Yiddish Book Center
Behind the Bookshelves
English - June 23, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MB - ★★★★ - 27 ratingsBooks Arts Design Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Yiddish Book Center was founded in 1980 by Aaron Lansky, a 24-year-old graduate student of Yiddish literature. He realized that many Yiddish books were being lost and he organized a campaign to save as many as possible. The Center, located in Amherst, Massachusetts, grew out of that campaign. Our guest is David Mazower, who is the Research Bibliographer and Editorial Director at the Yiddish Book Center. We learn about the books that arrive in boxes each day and how they are made available to readers of Yiddish.