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<blockquote type="cite" cite>From: Mabel Chin
<mchin@MIT.EDU></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Subject: "Outwitting History,
Bringing Yiddish Literature Back" on January 19 &
20</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:27:22
-0500</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"><b>Outwitting History,
Bringing Yiddish Literature Back</b></font><br>
<i>Rabbi Michelle Fisher, Prof Jeff Ravel</i><br>
<font size="-1">No limit but advance sign up required (see contact
below)</font><br>
<font size="-1">Signup by: 18-Jan-2011</font><br>
<font size="-1">Participants welcome at individual sessions<b>
(series)</b></font><br>
<font size="-1">Fee: Free, we will cover the cost of lunch at UMass
Amherst's Kosher Dining Hall</font><br>
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MIT Hillel and the History Dept join together to explore the story of
the Yiddish Book Center.<br>
Web: <a
href="http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/"
>http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/</a><br>
Contact: Rabbi Michelle Fisher, W11-039, x3-2982, <a
href="mailto:rabbif@mit.edu">rabbif@mit.edu</a><br>
Cosponsor: Hillel<br>
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<b>Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a
Million Yiddish Books</b><br>
<i>Prof Jeff Ravel</i><br>
Aaron Lansky's book: Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a
Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books is the incredible story of the
founding of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. Join a discussion
of the book led by Jeff Ravel, Professor of History. Free copies are
available from the History Dept, E51-255, and the Hillel Office,
W11-039. After reading of this fascinating journey, come tour the
Yiddish Book Center the next day.<br>
<font size="-1">Wed Jan 19, 02:30-03:30pm, E51-285<br>
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<b>Visit to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA</b><br>
<i>Rabbi Michelle Fisher</i><br>
The Yiddish Book Center rescues Yiddish and modern Jewish books and
opens their content to the world. The center features a Yiddish book
repository, art galleries, museum exhibitions about Yiddish language
and culture. Tour the center and talk with founder Aaron Lansky, who
also pushed the edge of book technology in 1998 when he created a
Digital Yiddish Library that now has over 11,000 Yiddish titles for
free download.<br>
<font size="-1">Thu Jan 20, 09:30am-05:00pm, W11 and Amherst, MA, Meet
at W11 at 9:30 am</font></blockquote>
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