Episode 0272: Twentieth-Century Yiddish Primers and Workbooks for Children

25/09/2020 30 min
Episode 0272:  Twentieth-Century Yiddish Primers and Workbooks for Children

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Episode Synopsis

This week we caught up with Heather O'Donnell of Honey & Wax Booksellers and Yiddish book collector Miriam Borden. Miriam Borden is the winner of the 2020 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize. In announcing the prize, Honey & Wax noted, "Borden's collection represents an impressive effort of historical preservation and an inspiring example of how a collection that began as something personal becomes a collective resource."

Episode 0272
September 25, 2020
Yiddish Book Center
Amherst, Massachusetts