We read this amazing book about Aaron Lansky, who collected Yiddish books and saved them from destruction. You can read about the Yiddish Book Center that evolved from his efforts here.
Wir haben ein ganz tolles Bilderbuch über Aaron Lansky gelesen, der es sich zur Lebensaufgabe gemacht hat, Bücher in der jiddischen Sprache vor der Vernichtung zu retten. Diese Bücher haben inzwischen ein neues Zuhause in Massachusetts gefunden. Das National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst ist im Bereich Literatur und Weiterbildung tätig. Seine Yiddish Book Center’s Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library hat zum Ziel, die gesamte jiddische Literatur online zu stellen.
Very nice! I'll have to remember for the next time we drive through Amherst!
ReplyDeleteIt is not downtown, but very close to the Eric Carle museum, another museum I would like to visit one of these days.
DeleteNice! I'll have to remember that too.
DeleteIt was closed when we were there, but it is really big.
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