[bioundgrd] Fwd: "Outwitting History, Bringing Yiddish Literature Back" on January 19 & 20

[Janice Chang]

>From: Mabel Chin <mchin at MIT.EDU>
>Subject: "Outwitting History, Bringing Yiddish Literature Back" on 
>January 19 & 20
>Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:27:22 -0500
>
>Outwitting History, Bringing Yiddish Literature Back
>Rabbi Michelle Fisher, Prof Jeff Ravel
>No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
>Signup by: 18-Jan-2011
>Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
>Fee: Free, we will cover the cost of lunch at UMass Amherst's Kosher 
>Dining Hall
>
>MIT Hillel and the History Dept join together to explore the story 
>of the Yiddish Book Center.
>Web: <http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/>http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/
>Contact: Rabbi Michelle Fisher, W11-039, x3-2982, 
><mailto:rabbif at mit.edu>rabbif at mit.edu
>Cosponsor: Hillel
>
>Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a 
>Million Yiddish Books
>Prof Jeff Ravel
>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.
>Wed Jan 19, 02:30-03:30pm, E51-285
>
>Visit to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA
>Rabbi Michelle Fisher
>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.
>Thu Jan 20, 09:30am-05:00pm, W11 and Amherst, MA, Meet at W11 at 9:30 am
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