Yiddish - Language
Sun 9 Nov 2008
2008
November 2008
Sunday 9 November 2008
Sun 9 Nov, 2 pm. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. 6. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]
Sunday, November 9th - Talk Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans is the author of, among other books, On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language, Dictionary Days: A Defining Passion and the editor of the three-volume set, Isaac Bashevis Singer: Collected Stories. His new book, Resurrecting Hebrew, explores the life and legacy of Zionist lexicographer Eliezer ben Yehuda, credited for making Hebrew modern. Reservations suggested. 2 p.m Cost: $6