Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum—self-described “luckiest rabbi in the world”, spiritual leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City—recalls the first time the New York Times covered the early Yiddish book collecting activities of the Yiddish Book Center, which she was involved in at the time with founder Aaron Lansky.
To see the full interview and learn more about the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, visit:
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/interviews/woh-fi-0001192/sharon-kleinbaum-2019
The Pulse of Washington D.C.
