Winchester Public Library has been selected as one of 40 libraries nationwide to participate in the Yiddish Book Center’s Public Libraries Program on the theme Between Two Worlds: Exploring Jewish Culture and Religion through Yiddish Literature.
This program brings Yiddish literature in translation to libraries nationwide, encouraging connections and sparking cross-cultural dialogue in their communities.
As a recipient of this grant, WPL received the following curated selection of Yiddish literature in translation, all the resources needed to hold book club discussions, and generous funding for related special events. In addition to the three preselected Yiddish books in translation, the Between Two Worlds group will also read The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston. This contemporary title was selected by Sarah Feldman, Information Services Librarian, to encourage further cross-cultural discussions.
BOOK DISCUSSIONS
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Thursday, March 12th at 10:30 AM: Tevye the Dairyman by Sholem Aleichem, translated by Aliza Shevrin
Wednesday, June 10th at 7:00 PM: The Zelmenyaners: A Family Saga by Moyshe Kulbak, translated by Hillel Halkin
Tuesday, September 15th at 7:00 PM: A Jewish Refugee in New York by Kadya Molodovsky, translated by Anita Norich
Thursday, November 5th at 10:30 AM: The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
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SPEAKER SERIES
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Thursday, April 30th at 7:00 PM: 
Presented as part of the Yiddish Book Center’s Public Libraries Program, in partnership with the ALA and funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.