The YIVO Institute Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers
Ken KrimsteinThe YIVO InstituteHear from cartoonist/writer @kenkrim about his book "When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers" which brings to life materials from YIVO's prewar archives that were rediscovered in Lithuania. This free online event presented by @Spertus.
Hardcover, 2021
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Old Truths and New Clichés: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis SingerThe YIVO Institute“Old Truths and New Cliches” is a collection of 19 essays written by Isaac Bashevis Singer that have largely never been published in English. https://t.co/nVLRbLXibp
Paperback, 2024
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Her Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems, 1971-2021
Irena KlepfiszThe YIVO InstituteFor fifty years, Irena Klepfisz has written powerful, searching poems. Her new book, Her Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems, 1971-2021, is the first and only complete collection of her work. Get your signed copy today: https://t.co/lORGa5XToA https://t.co/jztkZRonAf
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Dara HornThe YIVO Institute"What you discover at YIVO is this amazing totality of Jewish stories." - Dara Horn, Author of People Love Dead Jews and Eternal Life
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Yiddish: Biography of a Language
Jeffrey ShandlerThe YIVO InstituteJoin the engaging panel discussion moderated by Kalman Weiser, featuring Naomi Seidman, Kenneth Moss, and Jeffrey Shandler, as they explore Max Weinreich's vision of Yiddish studies and its significance in Jewish life, questioning whether he would recognize Yiddish studies today.
Hardcover, 2020
$35.99$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Treblinka: Archaeological and Artistic Responses
Michael BranthwaiteThe YIVO InstituteArchaeologist Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls was recently honored for her work investigating crimes in Treblinka, a Nazi extermination camp in Poland where over 800,000 European Jews, Poles, gypsies and political prisoners were killed. https://t.co/9LZrWAgn9U
Paperback, 2016
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leopoldstadt
Tom StoppardThe YIVO Institute“I’ve never felt more connected to my heritage.” - Ed Stoppard, son of Tom Stoppard and star of the London production of Leopoldstadt https://t.co/dq0rHZCjui
Paperback, 2020
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Serenade: A Balanchine Story
Toni BentleyThe YIVO InstituteWhy did Toni Bentley end up at YIVO while researching for his book, Serenade: A Balanchine Story, even though Balanchine wasn't Jewish? Find out next week during his conversation with YIVO's Jonathan Brent.
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence
Joseph BergerThe YIVO InstituteJoseph Berger’s new book draws from Elie Wiesel’s writings and interviews with his family, close friends, scholars, and critics.
Hardcover, 2023
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Eternal Life
Dara HornThe YIVO Institute"What you discover at YIVO is this amazing totality of Jewish stories." - Dara Horn, Author of People Love Dead Jews and Eternal Life
Paperback, 2019
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book