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Der Bay view detail comment email this

The online home for an English-language print publication with a mission "to foster the preservation of the Yiddish language (mame-loshn) and the associated Yiddish culture, music, theater, literature and poetry via the International Association of Yiddish Clubs (IAYC)." The site features sample articles, a list of transliterated Yiddish words, citations for Yiddish resources, lists of translators and Klezmer bands, calendars of Yiddish events, and links to related sites. Searchable.
http://www.derbay.org/
Topics: Judaism, Languages, Musical Genres, Poetry

Last updated Mar 24, 2004


A Garment Worker's Legacy: The Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry view detail comment email this

This digital version of a 1998 exhibition allows the world to see the catalog of a remarkable collection of Yiddish books that belonged to Joe Fishstein, an active member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. The 2300 works are mostly poetry; there are also photographs, union memorabilia, early twentieth-century postcards, and theater programs. Fishstein's hand-made dust jackets kept everything in mint condition. Searchable. From McGill University Libraries.
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/fishstein/
Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Judaism, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry

Last updated Jun 18, 2002




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