Jewish Ledger
Yiddish Book Center to open to the public on June 24
AMHERST, Massachusetts–The Yiddish Book Center has announced it will begin its phased reopening on Thursday, June 24. The Center will be open to the public on Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays, and Mondays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Center is home to the world’s first Yiddish museum. Designed to recall a shtetl, it is set on a 10-acre apple orchard at the edge of the campus of Hampshire College adjacent to the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts.
The visiting exhibit by NYC-based, multimedia artist Steve Marcus comprises two connected exhibits. Through the Hat includes wood-carved objects that seamlessly weave together Marcus’ childhood memories of bagels and bialys, pickles and green tomatoes from the barrel, and paper-wrapped whitefish chubs with his personal journey and passion for his own roots and culture. The Golden Medina expands on this series, welcoming the viewer deeper into Marcus’ world of contemporary kosher folk art through humorous depictions of everyday Jewish life that communicate wisdom from Yiddish proverbs. The exhibit will be on view at the Center through fall 2021.