Celebration of the New Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary

Co-sponsored by Indiana University Press and the Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies at Columbia University

Most of this program was held in Yiddish.

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June 23 marked a celebration of the new Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, the largest and most complete of its kind to date, published by Indiana University Press. Speakers included the editors, Dr. Solon Beinfeld and Dr. Harry Bochner, as well as the executive director of the Forward Association, Sam Norich, a major supporter of the project. Temma Schaechter (of Di Shekhter-tekhter) and Binyumen Schaechter performed musical selections.