May 22, 2024 - Aaron Lansky, James Bennett II, and the Boston Triennial

The Culture Show Podcast · May 22, 2024 · 49m

Aaron Lansky is credited with saving a world of Yiddish literature, language and culture. It started in the late 1970’s when he was studying Yiddish literature at Mcgill University and was having a hard time finding the books he needed to pursue his scholarship. So he organized a nationwide network of volunteer book collectors and launched a campaign, now known as The Yiddish Book Center, to save the world’s surviving Yiddish books. At the time, it was estimated that there were 70,000 Yiddish books to rescue. His team saved 1.5 million. Today the Yiddish Book Center, located in Amherst on the…