Charlotte Apter

Just a riddler on the foof

[Arielle Angel @ArielleLAngel]

I was sent this extraordinary letter by Henry Schwarzchild resigning from the small journal Sh'ma during the Lebanon War in 1982. It echoed the many notes I've received since 10/7 of people narrating their resignation from Jewish institutions. Felt like finding an ancestor.

[BC/CU Jewish Voice for Peace @JVPColumbia]

Speaking from the liberated zone of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, Jewish protestors share some of the reasons why they are showing up for Palestine and joining the fight for divestment. ⬇️⬇️

[Khaled Al-asal خالد العسل @KhaledAlasal1]

Please help a Palestinian family trapped in Gaza and who are desperately trying to leave to Egypt seeking a safer place. Any contributions made will be used for paying coordinations fees. https://t.co/0OQk9M0lzN

Kindly donate & retweet if you can.

[Yiddish Book Center @YiddishBookCtr]

In a new piece for @ingeveb, Caleb Sher, @chapter0990, & Joey Reisberg write about unpacking the historic personal library of Norma Fain Pratt—scholar & pioneering historian of women’s writing in Yiddish—donated to the Center last fall. Read the full piece https://t.co/4RqecZXyTe

[Yiddish Book Center @YiddishBookCtr]

“My relationship with Yiddish is a very joyous one, and I ended up here by serendipity, so I think my choices also reflect that."

Bibliography fellow Charlotte Apter (@chapter0990) is our August Handpicked Curator! Read her selections here:
https://t.co/LgNA4u9VJf

[Yiddish Book Center @YiddishBookCtr]

In a new From the Vault article, "The Doodle Anti-Fascist Committee," fellows Caleb Sher, @chapter0990, and Joey Reisberg show how Yiddish textbooks and learning materials are windows into the lives of young students, many of whom left doodles in the pages https://t.co/eGBmIQezKW

[Charlotte Apter @chapter0990]

This is my dad

[GBH Archives @GBHArchives]

ZOOM segment from 1974 featuring Ron Apter of Manchester, CT who spent a week at Camp Milbrook in Marshfield, MA run by Red Auerbach, general manager of the Boston Celtics.

[Yiddish Book Center @YiddishBookCtr]

While unpacking a donation from scholar Norma Fain Pratt’s collection, fellow @chapter0990 stumbled upon a copy of Der hoyf on fentster (The Courtyard without Windows), written by Mimi Pinzon and featuring a mysterious inscription by Pinzon herself. https://t.co/9jonlZQeFf

[Yiddish Book Center @YiddishBookCtr]

Imagining a Barbie / Succession crossover in Yiddish.

Kendall, you are Kenough! (Kendall, du bist Kenug!) !קענדאַל, דו ביסט קענוג

[Charlotte Apter @chapter0990]

L’dor v doordash

[Charlotte Apter @chapter0990]

Human interest stories from a 1956 edition of the Forward🧠✨

[Charlotte Apter @chapter0990]

Wow I can’t wait to recover reclaim revive reignite reduce reuse recycle Yiddish women poetess arbeter froyendike neo-bundist revolutionary poetess female Jewish radical Jewess yiddishkeyt poetry and literature!

[Yiddish Book Center @YiddishBookCtr]

Looking for an accessible book to accompany your Yiddish learning journey? Look no further than these twelve fun lernbikher (learning books), compiled by Yiddish Book Center fellows, Caleb Sher, @chapter0990, and Joey Reisberg https://t.co/LH2CFr5DTU

[Yiddish Book Center @YiddishBookCtr]

Happy Mother’s Day, אַ פֿרײלעכן מוטערס-טאָג (A freylekhn muters-tog)! Enjoy these greeting cards, created by Center fellow @chapter0990!

[Yiddish Book Center @YiddishBookCtr]

In honor of #nationalpoetrymonth, Yiddish Book Center fellows will be sharing their original translations of Yiddish poems throughout the month. First up is @chapter0990's translation of Hinde Zaretsky's "Bleter (Leaves)."

[Charlotte Apter @chapter0990]

1997 first archival evidence of the Yiddish E-boy. Here he is today thriving at the Yiddish Book center

[Yiddish Book Center @YiddishBookCtr]

Bibliography fellow @chapter0990 shares her favorite songbooks, including Ruth Rubin's "A Treasury of Jewish Folksong" & "Vig lider (Cradle Songs)." Listen closely to hear Ruth Rubin singing "Geyn mir shpatsirn inem groysn vald" @ the Montreal Jewish Public Library in 1978

[Charlotte Apter @chapter0990]

@Hopevalentine29 Aren’t they fake