WebOct 5, 2004 · Part history, part social history, part travelogue, this is such a fascinating book that the minute I read the last sentence I immediiately … Web1 day ago · Thanks to Curt Leviant for rescuing this unusual love story from obscurity, translating it so beautifully, and, at long last, giving it the readership it deserves."--Aaron Lansky, author of Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books, "Moshkele Ganev flies in the face of so much of what we think of ...
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Web2004 Lansky, Aaron OUTWITTING HISTORY: THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF A MAN WHO RESCUED A MILLION YIDDISH BOOKS Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, c2004 First edition 316pp 8vo New hardcover w/d-j. Outwitting History: the Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books. Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky is a memoir published by Algonquin Books in 2004. It was the recipient of the 2005 Massachusetts Book Award. The book is about the author's efforts to rescue a large number of books in the Yiddish … See more When Aaron Lansky was a Yiddish student in the late 1970s, he found it difficult to obtain Yiddish Books for his studies. This caused him to have the idea of asking the broader community for Yiddish books, which he did by … See more Aaron Lansky began his work in collecting Yiddish books when he was a graduate student studying Yiddish Literature. His initial interest in collecting second hand Yiddish books … See more Today, Aaron Lansky is the president of the Yiddish Book Center, which holds more than 1 million Yiddish books. It is the largest collection of Yiddish books in the world. It is also the largest Jewish cultural organization in The United States. The center makes … See more • Muse (children's magazine) See more Outwitting History has largely been received positively. University of London language professor John L. Flood described the book as heart – warming and moving. However, he notes that the book lacks illustrations, and specific mention of … See more • Muse magazine March 2007 Volume 11, Number 3 • • http://yiddishbookcenter.org/+10183 See more hou images
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WebOutwitting history : the amazing adventures of a man who rescued a million Yiddish books by Lansky, Aaron, 1955- ... So Aaron Lansky, just twenty-three, issued a worldwide appeal … WebOutwitting History Featuring: Aaron Lansky. Aaron Lansky gives a talk titled "Outwitting History." This event took place on at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. This recording was digitized and added to the library in March 2024. This recording is in English. More ... WebOutwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky is a memoir published by Algonquin Books in 2004. It was the recipient … houing projects condos