National Yiddish Book Center

The National Yiddish Book Center was founded in 1980 by MacArthur Fellow Aaron Lansky, who continues to lead the organization as its president.

Their goal is to return old books to a new generation of readers. As the world’s only comprehensive supplier of Yiddish books, they seek to establish or strengthen Yiddish collections at more than 450 of the world’s great libraries, including Harvard, Yale, Library of Congress, the British Library, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and national libraries in countries as distant as Australia, China and Japan.

In 1998 they launched the Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library: a pioneering program to digitize the titles in our collection and make high-quality reprints available on demand. It utilizes an easy-to-use online catalog.

Their Amherst location offers a book repository, theater, conference space and museum exhibitions.

Website also has a comprehensive list of Yiddish translators organized geographically with name, address and phone.

Location

Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Bldg
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002-3375