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Author Talk | Opening the Door to Yiddish

A Lecture with Dr. Miriam Udel

Explore a vibrant culture through the stories told to its children and gain insight before diving into the Library's 2026 Yiddish Book Club Series.

Join us for a fascinating lecture with literary scholar Dr. Miriam Udel, editor of Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children's Literature. Dr. Udel will guide us through the whimsical, profound, and often revolutionary world of Yiddish children's books. Discover how these stories—from folktales to modern classics—serve as a unique window into the values, history, and cultural richness of Yiddish-speaking communities across the globe.

Whether you are a longtime lover of Jewish history or simply curious about new literary worlds, this lecture is the perfect way to gain context, appreciation, and insight before diving into the Library's 2026 Yiddish Book Club Series. Come "open the door" to a captivating language and its literature!

Books will be available for purchase and signing. 

In partnership with the Yiddish Book Center. 

Registration is requested.

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Miriam Udel is associate professor of German Studies and Judith London Evans Director of the Tam Institute of Jewish Studies at Emory University, where her teaching focuses on Yiddish language, literature, and culture. She was ordained in 2019 as part of the first cohort of the Executive Ordination Track at Yeshivat Maharat, a program designed to bring qualified mid-career women into the Orthodox Jewish rabbinate.

Udel is the editor and translator of Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature, and Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature. She is mother to three sons. Her husband, dance partner, and sharpest and most tender interlocutor is Dr. Adam Zachary Newton.

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