Around the turn of the twentieth century, a group of Yiddish-speaking educators, authors, and cultural leaders undertook a bold project: creating a corpus of nearly one thousand books and several periodicals, which flourished in conjunction with the secular Yiddish school systems that spanned the globe in the 1920s and 30s. These vibrant texts cut across […]

What would you do to make the world better for the children in your life? Around the turn of the twentieth century, a group of Yiddish-speaking educators, authors, and cultural leaders undertook a bold project: creating a corpus of nearly one thousand books and several periodicals, which flourished in conjunction with the secular Yiddish school […]

Join Dr. Miriam Udel, Miami native and Professor of Yiddish Language/Literature/Culture at Emory University, for an amazing discussion on the impact of 20th century Yiddish children’s literature on what it means to be a Jew today, as revealed in her book Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature. Written in an accessible and humane way, […]