The National Yiddish Book Center, founded by Aaron Lansky in 1980 to rescue Yiddish books, has been offering a summer program in recent years. The Steiner Summer Program at the Center, in Amherst, Massachusetts, offers 18 qualified full-time college students an intensive educational experience in Yiddish language, literature, culture, and history.
The graduates of the 2010 summer session were asked to pick their favorite Yiddish word. In this video, the students hem and haw their way through making their selections, but finally declare their favorites, in most cases (but not all) pronouncing them correctly.
Some of the choices are based on meaning, some on the sound, and some because just saying it gives them a special feeling. Enjoy!
The story of the founding of the center is interesting in its own right, and we're sharing the video about how it got started below.
Awe inspiring from a very dedicated young man. May he live in good health to a hundred and twenty.
May the Kvelling never end! One Yiddisha Soul.....Look what miracles he created......May Hashem Bless Him, his family and the desire to continue our Culture forever! Amen.....M.A.
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