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Aug 09, 2014 effort to preserve yiddish works not bupkes the preservation of yiddish as a spoken language gets more attention, but yiddish once had a vibrant written tradition as well, filled with plays. As of 2005, 25 years after its founding, the center still receives an average of 500 yiddish books each week. These titles were scanned under the auspices of the steven spielberg digital yiddish library, and have been made available online through the internet. Peretz, sholem asch and isaac bashevis singer, but also by a large number of writer whose names were new to me are gently humorous, ironic and indulgent. National yiddish book center jewish virtual library. Here at we have over 30,000 jewish books on our website, with over 2,000 added monthly. The national yiddish book center was founded in 1980 by macarthur fellow aaron lansky, who continues to lead the organization as its president. Additional support comes from the kaplen foundation and the felix posen fund for the translation of modern yiddish literature. Located in amherst, massachusetts, the center safeguards a collection of 1.
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