Kind of sad about Hampshire closing. I went to UMass.

"#HampshireCollege, the nontraditional #liberalarts #school that pioneered #college-level #Holocaust classes and played a central role in launching the acclaimed #Yiddish #Book Center, announced Tuesday that it is shutter at the end of the calendar year.

The closure, which follows semester after years of financial troubles, won’t affect #YiddishBookCenter, which operates on land purchased from the college in #Amherst, #Massachusetts.

“We are saddened by #Hampshire College’s announcement,” Susan Bronson, president of the Yiddish Book Center, said in a statement. “Hampshire has been a valued neighbor for many years, and we recognize the significance of this moment for its community.”

Founded by Hampshire alum #AaronLansky in 1980 as an effort to save Yiddish-language publications from extinction, the Yiddish Book Center purchased the land for its permanent #campus space from the college in 1997."

https://www.jta.org/2026/04/14/united-states/hampshire-college-incubator-of-yiddish-book-center-and-a-holocaust-studies-pioneer-to-close

Yiddish Book Center: Yiddish Book Center Launches Universal Yiddish Library in Beta. “After nearly a decade in development, a groundbreaking new initiative—the Universal Yiddish Library (UYL)—has launched as a public beta, bringing together the Yiddish book collections of four major institutions: the Yiddish Book Center, the National Library of Israel (NLI), the YIVO Institute for Jewish […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/08/yiddish-book-center-yiddish-book-center-launches-universal-yiddish-library-in-beta/

wrote off half of the #yiddish translation of unesane toikef from the 1932 #machzor kol bo for a project, thanks to #yiddishbookcenter. Putting here in case anyone wants it. The #yomimneroyim are coming.

אין ראש השנה װערן זײ געשריבן. און אין יום כּפּור װערן זײ געחתמעט.

װיפֿל זאָלן איבערפֿאָרן פֿון דער װעלט, און װיפֿל זאָלן בעשאַפֿען װערען
װער עס זאָל לעבן, און װער עס זאָל שטאַרבען

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