Eitan kensky is director of the collections initiatives at the yiddish book center. These books introduce people who faced bias, indifference and cynicism yet went on to change the world. Yiddish book center gifts page 2 yiddish book center store. We are not currently fulfilling online orders, as the yiddish book center has closed its building to protect visitors and staff during the covid19 pandemic. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Does translating yiddish preserve history or betray it. At the yiddish book center, eitan worked on a wide range of digital collections projects from digitizing archival recordings of concerts, lectures and other public programs to collaborating with peers at libraries in the us and israel on an effort to make the entirety of yiddish. Easily one of the greatest treasures in massachusetts, and among the most important fountains of yiddishkeit in the world. Eitan kensky reinhard family curator of judaica and.
A journal of yiddish studies web magazine in yiddish and english and one of the sites founders. Unfortunately, rocr needs to be trained for each text, so it will take a while to improve it to the point that we can just set it loose on the entire yiddish book center corpus. He is the incoming reinhard family curator of judaica and hebraica at stanford university library. Eitan kensky director of collection initiatives for the yiddish book center barnet zumoffs translation is splendid, natural, and effortless. Great jewish books program for adults slated for fall. Jul 11, 2018 i am excited to announce that eitan kensky, stanford librarys new judaica and hebraica curator, started work on july 9. Before joining the yiddish book center, eitan taught yiddish and jewish studies at harvard. A journal of yiddish studies and was the director of collections initiatives at the yiddish book center. The book features thirty original translations of yiddish works by both famous and lesserknown authors, culled from the many translations that have appeared in our magazine, pakn treger. Sandlers storytelling and zumoffs translation are a literary treasure. He previously worked at the yiddish book center as the director of. Yiddish scholar eitan kensky, the yiddish book centers director of collections initiatives, selected several types of media from our collectionsyiddish books, podcasts, translations, and recordings of cultural programs.
Kensky will delve into the centers extensive collections to find and curate material related to yiddish literature and culture that the center can share through various digital platforms, including its website and social media channels, as well as. Each year, the program selects a group of translators who are versed in yiddish language and culture. First name last name email address zip code if applicable. Three novellas judaic traditions in literature, music, and art kindle edition by sandler, boris, zumoff, barnett. The yiddish book center in amherst, ma is a nonprofit organization working to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing. Kailey golden, daughter of richard and christine golden, will celebrate her bat mitzvah on saturday, aug. He is also a 2014 national yiddish book center translation fellow. Yiddish is a literature of movement and migration, exile and wandering. In geveb, which in yiddish means in web, will catalyze and renew dialogue between scholars around the world about yiddish culture, weaving together the voices and texts of yiddishs past, present, and future.
Judaica and hebraica curator, stanford university library. Elizabeth schwartz, daughter of daniel and kimberly schwartz, will celebrate her bat mitzvah on saturday, sept. You can also browse the centers main website at yiddishbookcenter. About the yiddish book center translation fellowship. Eitan kensky joins yiddish book center jewish ledger.
Outoftown participants will stay at the hotel northampton. Eitan kensky joins yiddish book center massachusetts. The yiddish book centers scans are a great first step. At the yiddish book center, eitan worked on a wide range of digital collections projects from digitizing archival recordings of concerts, lectures and other public programs to collaborating with peers at libraries in the us and israel on an effort to make the entirety of yiddish literature. Editors eitan kensky and sadie goldshapiro sit down to talk about a special pakn treger translation issue devoted to writing by women. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover eitans. 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. He works at the yiddish book center as director of collections initiatives, received his phd from harvard university, and considers himself an accidental digital humanist. Feel free to browse our store, but be aware that the shopping cart is disabled. This week we sat down with the yiddish book centers own eitan kensky to talk. An anthology of pakn treger translations edited by eitan kensky. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization that works to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating yiddish books and p. Jessica began working on this translation in 2017 as a yiddish book center.
Eitan kensky, preceptor in yiddish, received a yiddish book center translation fellowship. Eitan kensky teaches yiddish and jewish studies at harvard university. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover eitan s. In 1950, yosl bergner, then a young artist and the son of a prominent yiddish poet. View eitan kensky s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. The book features thirty original translations of yiddish works by both famous and lesserknown authors, culled from the many translations that have appeared in our magazine, pakn treger, since its second issue. The abandoned book and other yiddish stories edited by eitan.
Oct 31, 2015 eitan kensky, a staffer at the yiddish book center in massachusetts, writes that bendl is a diminutive of band or ribbon, while nehore is a way of pronouncing the hebrewyiddish. There are few people more uniquely qualified to delve into the yiddish book center s collections than eitan kensky. Yiddish club news khaveyrim, mir veln farzamlen mitvukh yuni fuftzen minut nokh tzen azeyger far midtug. New judaica curator, eitan kensky stanford libraries. Im sending an entire message from the yiddish book center.
Had a very enjoyable visit to the yiddish book center on the beautiful hampshire college campus. A collection of audio books, recorded programs and multimedia resources from the yiddish book center. I also collect material written or performed in jewish languages hebrew, yiddish, judeoarabic, ladino, etc. Eitan kensky joins yiddish book center massachusetts jewish. Provides access to 11,000 yiddish books digitized by the national yiddish book center, along with more than 800 community memorial volumes yizkor books from the collections of the new york public library and the yiddish book center. Eitan kensky, a 2014 yiddish book center translation fellow, is the preceptor in yiddish at harvard university, where he received his phd in 20. Amherst yiddish scholar eitan kensky has joined the staff of the yiddish book center in amherst as director of collections initiatives. Mike burstyn, eitan kensky the yiddish voice podcast. View eitan kenskys profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. The medem library was founded in 1929 in paris, france by eastern european immigrants and members of the medem union, a league of yiddish writers and political activists. The yiddish book center in amherst, ma is a nonprofit organization working to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and. Immigrant fictionto the us, to israel, to birobidzhan, to australia, to elsewherewas one of its defining genres. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish.
He is cofounding editor of in geveb, an openaccess digital journal about yiddish culture. Additionally, i thinkmore than nearly anywherethe yiddish book center manages to walk an amazing line, delivering an institution which is both scholarly and entertai. Yiddish in translation page 2 yiddish book center store. Eitan kensky is the reinhard family curator of judaica and. Aug 17, 2016 the programming will include lectures by yiddish book center founder and president aaron lansky, academic director josh lambert, director of collections initiatives eitan kensky and visiting scholars. He is currently working on a translation of the postmodern novel shabesdike shvebelkeh 2004. These works in translation originally appeared in pakn treger, the yiddish book centers englishlanguage magazine. Yiddish scholar eitan kensky, the yiddish book center s director of collections initiatives, selected several types of media from our collections yiddish books, podcasts, translations, and recordings of cultural programs. The programming will include lectures by yiddish book center founder and president aaron lansky, academic director josh lambert, director of collections initiatives eitan kensky and visiting scholars.
From nasa mathematician katherine johnson to martin luther king, jr. The yiddish book center in amherst, ma is a nonprofit organization working to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating yiddish books and presenting innovative. Reinhard family curator of judaica and hebraica collections. Each month, the yiddish book center asks a member of our staff or a special. He joins the humanities and area studies resource group, and will also work closely with stanfords taube center for jewish studies.
Today, the medem library houses nearly 21,000 works in yiddish and 9,000 in other languages. People know that we have an amazing library of digital yiddish books. Now featuring selections from the frances brandt online yiddish audio library and the sami rohr library of recorded yiddish books, produced by the yiddish book center in cooperation with the. Previously, he was the preceptor in yiddish at harvard university, where he received his phd in jewish studies. This 45minute tour takes the visitor through the yiddish book center s museum exhibits and allows them to.
Ari ofsevit, an mit graduate student, and eitan kensky, the director of collections initiatives at the yiddish book center, are both from cambridge and members of transitmatters. Eitan kensky is director of collections at the yiddish book center as well as chairman of the board of in geveb, the online journal of yiddish studies, which he cofounded. He received his phd from harvard in jewish studies. The yiddish book center national yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts, united states, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books represent. This week we sat down with the yiddish book center s own eitan kensky to talk about our newest publication, the abandoned book and other yiddish stories. Before coming to the book center, he was the preceptor in yiddish at harvard.
People of the books blog association of jewish libraries. Signup for yiddish book center blitsbriv email news. Yiddish book center amherst 2020 all you need to know. Yiddish writers intentionally and unintentionally traveled the world. The shmooze, the yiddish book centers podcast soundcloud. Excerpt from the sabbath lights yiddish book center. As the center s director of collections initiatives, eitan has been instrumental in discovering and curating an expansive range of materialsnot just books, but also audio and video recordings, translations, and digital collections. Activities take place at the book center on the hampshire college campus in amherst. The yiddish book center translation fellowship trains, supports, and encourages a new generation of yiddish literary translators. Reading this book, you forget that the stories in it were not written in english. Eitan kensky joins yiddish book center amherst yiddish scholar eitan kensky has joined the staff of the yiddish book center as director of collections initiatives. Inside the very attractive building we saw a short film that tells the story of how one mans search for yiddish books to read lead to the creation of this huge book collection and. Eitan is responsible for developing, managing, and providing outreach for stanfords rich jewish studies collections. Hebraica curator, i select and collect material by or about jews, in any format from manuscript fragments to israeli yiddish theater posters and spiralbound community.
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