On Thursday, March 3 at 7 PM, Glen Cove’s Congregation Tifereth Israel will present a talk by Aaron Lansky, founder and president of the Yiddish Book Center, a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate Yiddish and modern Jewish literature and culture.
The public is invited to attend this free program but must register at least one day in advance at https://www.ctionline.org/aaron-lansky# in order to obtain a link.
The Yiddish Book Center is bringing old books to new readers through groundbreaking initiatives in digitization, translation, oral history, public programs, and education.
Aaron Lansky has received numerous awards and widespread recognition, including the MacArthur Foundation’s prestigious fellowship, familiarly known as the genius grant. Lansky’s bestselling book, Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books, won the Massachusetts Book Award in Nonfiction in 2005. To learn more about the work of the Yiddish Book Center, visit yiddishbookcenter.org.
Reservations may be made at https://www.ctionline.org/aaron-lansky#
A link to the program will be provided to those who reserve at least one day in advance. Donations to support this special program are accepted online at https://www.ctionline.org/donate.
For further information about programs and activities at CTI, call (516) 676-5080 or log onto ctionline.org.
CTI, Long Island’s oldest continuously operating Jewish congregation, has provided innovative Jewish programming and education to the Long Island community since 1897.
