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Yiddish Book Group
New Castle Public Library's Yiddish Book Group invites visitors to journey back in time to experience the lives of Jewish individuals in czarist and revolutionary Russia, as well as post-WWII in New York. Join us for reading and thoughtful conversations.
Our group's first meeting will take place on Thursday, June 11, 2026, and we will meet from 4:00 - 5:15 p.m. For the remaining meetings, we will meet on the third Thursday of the month
from July to September.
Copies of the titles are free to all participants and were provided by the Yiddish Book Center. Please pick up yours at the Patron Services Desk, located on the first floor of the library.
June 11, 2026
4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
August 20, 2026
4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
July 16, 2026
4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
September 17, 2026
4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
More about the Yiddish Book Center!
The Yiddish Book Center was founded in 1980 to recover and make accessible the vast, rich, and diverse Yiddish literature around the world. Forty-five years later, they have saved more than 1.5 million volumes and we offer a full slate of educational programs, a translation initiative, an oral history project, a robust series of virtual public programs, an English-language magazine, and permanent
and visiting museum exhibits. A grant awarded to the Center by the Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative supports the expansion of the Center’s Public Libraries Program (launched in 2020), which seeks to deepen understanding of Jewish history, religion, and identity through Yiddish literature.
In the expanded program, titled Between Two Worlds: Exploring Jewish Culture and Religion through Yiddish Literature, the Yiddish Book Center has partnered with public libraries across the United States (including the New Castle Public Library), equipping librarians and program staff with the tools to introduce Yiddish culture to their local communities and foster interfaith and intercultural dialogue.
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