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Enjoy the Yiddish Book Center’s exhibit on your phone

JL;DR SUMMARY The Yiddish Book Center has made its permanent exhibit, "Yiddish: A Global Culture, Virtual Exhibit," available online, showcasing a rich array of Yiddish cultural artifacts accessible via mobile phones. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Yiddish LiteratureJewish HistoryYiddishYiddish Book CenterCultural HeritageJewish ArtAvant GardeVirtual TourOnline ExhibitsMultimedia Exhibits

Places mentioned

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
"And Ive described the transformative experience of visiting the exhibition at the Centers campus in Amherst, Massachusetts."
Lodz, Łódź, Poland
"These limited edition books were published in Lodz, Poland, in 1921."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"A postcard (ca. 1910) from Warsaw with a photo of the Yiddish and Hebrew writer Devorah Baron."
Moscow, Russian Federation
"Kvitko was among the 13 Soviet Jewish writers and public figures executed by Stalin in Moscow on Aug. 12, 1952."
Kyiv, Ukraine
"Ryback was an innovative Jewish artist active in Kiev (Kyiv today), Berlin and Paris."
Berlin, Germany
"Delightful illustrations by the avant-garde artist Issachar Ber Ryback for a Yiddish childrens book written by the Soviet-Yiddish poet Leib Kvitko, published in Berlin in 1921."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"Ryback was an... Jewish artist active in Kiev (Kyiv today), Berlin and Paris."

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