Charlotte Apter

I was sent this extraordinary letter by Henry Schwarzchild resigning from the small journal Sh'ma during the Lebanon War in 1982. It echoed the many notes I've received since 10/7 of people narrating their resignation from Jewish institutions. Felt like finding an ancestor.

Speaking from the liberated zone of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, Jewish protestors share some of the reasons why they are showing up for Palestine and joining the fight for divestment. ⬇️⬇️

Please help a Palestinian family trapped in Gaza and who are desperately trying to leave to Egypt seeking a safer place. Any contributions made will be used for paying coordinations fees. paypal.me/abs07what?coun… Kindly donate & retweet if you can.

In a new piece for @ingeveb, Caleb Sher, @chapter0990, & Joey Reisberg write about unpacking the historic personal library of Norma Fain Pratt—scholar & pioneering historian of women’s writing in Yiddish—donated to the Center last fall. Read the full piece bit.ly/3QLJu63

“My relationship with Yiddish is a very joyous one, and I ended up here by serendipity, so I think my choices also reflect that." Bibliography fellow Charlotte Apter (@chapter0990) is our August Handpicked Curator! Read her selections here: yiddishbookcenter.org/language-liter…

In a new From the Vault article, "The Doodle Anti-Fascist Committee," fellows Caleb Sher, @chapter0990, and Joey Reisberg show how Yiddish textbooks and learning materials are windows into the lives of young students, many of whom left doodles in the pages yiddishbookcenter.org/language-liter…

This is my dad

While unpacking a donation from scholar Norma Fain Pratt’s collection, fellow @chapter0990 stumbled upon a copy of Der hoyf on fentster (The Courtyard without Windows), written by Mimi Pinzon and featuring a mysterious inscription by Pinzon herself. yiddishbookcenter.org/language-liter…

Imagining a Barbie / Succession crossover in Yiddish. Kendall, you are Kenough! (Kendall, du bist Kenug!) !קענדאַל, דו ביסט קענוג

L’dor v doordash

Human interest stories from a 1956 edition of the Forward🧠✨

Wow I can’t wait to recover reclaim revive reignite reduce reuse recycle Yiddish women poetess arbeter froyendike neo-bundist revolutionary poetess female Jewish radical Jewess yiddishkeyt poetry and literature!

Looking for an accessible book to accompany your Yiddish learning journey? Look no further than these twelve fun lernbikher (learning books), compiled by Yiddish Book Center fellows, Caleb Sher, @chapter0990, and Joey Reisberg yiddishbookcenter.org/educational-pr…

Happy Mother’s Day, אַ פֿרײלעכן מוטערס-טאָג (A freylekhn muters-tog)! Enjoy these greeting cards, created by Center fellow @chapter0990!

In honor of #nationalpoetrymonth, Yiddish Book Center fellows will be sharing their original translations of Yiddish poems throughout the month. First up is @chapter0990's translation of Hinde Zaretsky's "Bleter (Leaves)."

1997 first archival evidence of the Yiddish E-boy. Here he is today thriving at the Yiddish Book center

Bibliography fellow @chapter0990 shares her favorite songbooks, including Ruth Rubin's "A Treasury of Jewish Folksong" & "Vig lider (Cradle Songs)." Listen closely to hear Ruth Rubin singing "Geyn mir shpatsirn inem groysn vald" @ the Montreal Jewish Public Library in 1978

@Hopevalentine29 Aren’t they fake

Those poor newborn babies on tv have to get covered in goo a whole second time in their short life