The Yiddish Book Center will host its annual Melinda Rosenblatt Lecture featuring Aaron Lansky, the Center’s founder and longtime president. In what will be his final public talk as president, Lansky will reflect on the improbable beginnings of the Center, its evolution over 45 years, and his hopes for the future under the direction of […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
In our 2nd history talk of the 2025 season we take a look at the history of masonry work in New England. From foundations to fence posts; millstones to gravestones, the work of the Early American mason is still evident around us to this day. Come see examples of these works and learn about the […]
History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
For the Museum’s final history talk lecture of the 2025 season we will discuss a little known battle of the mid-18th C. In 1745, New England colonists launched a successful expedition to conquer Louisbourg, a port in present-day Nova Scotia, which was then controlled by the French Empire. Reverend Adonijah Bidwell was witness to this battle […]
History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event