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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

Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center and a Holocaust-studies pioneer, to close

The Yiddish Book Center's founder, Aaron Lansky, graduated from Hampshire in 1973.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Show threadCharles ☭  is a Green4h ago

@dukepaaron

Oh no.

A lot of small liberal arts colleges are closing, but it's not because they're in worse financial shape. There's been a systemic downgrading of their credit across the entire sector. Banks and financial institutions are forcing them to close.

This is very much tied to things like we're seeing at Texas universities. The owning classes don't want there to be accessible education that does anything other than job training.