Jan 26, 2012 By: yunews
Students Present North America’s Largest Jewish Book Sale from February 5 to 26
The students of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ will hold their annual , North America’s largest Jewish book sale, from February 5 to 26 in Belfer Hall, 2495 Amsterdam Ave on ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Wilf Campus in Manhattan. The sale is operated entirely by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ students—from ordering to setting up the premises, marketing and all the technology the project entails.
Last year the acclaimed Judaica book sale drew more than 15,000 people from the tri-state area and grossed more than $1 million in sales. The annual event provides discounted prices on the latest of more than 15,000 titles in rabbinic and academic literature, cookbooks, children’s books, and music.
The Seforim Sale has become a highlight for the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ community, as students, alumni and members of the community congregate to visit their alma mater, see old friends and add books to their personal libraries. Proceeds from the sale support various initiatives, including student activities on campus and undergraduate scholarships.
Scheduled events at the sale include:
- and Meet-the-Alumni-Author Event (Feb. 12), featuring a musical workshop with the Y-Studs, arts-and-crafts with educators from the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Museum and story-telling with Stern College Professor Penninah Schram, followed by a panel discussion with noted alumni authors: Rabbi Benjamin Blech ’54YC, ’56R; Sara Diament ’96S, ’98BR; Ann Koffsky ’93S; and Rabbi Dr. Saul Hillel Landa ’65ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æHS, ’69YC
- Book signings with Susie Fishbein and Mazal Alouf-Mizrahi
- Live musical performances by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s own a cappella groups, The Maccabeats and Y-Studs, as well as Ta Shma, The Groggers, Except Saturday and Shlomo Gasin
- Lectures by the Bostoner Rebbe, Rabbi Nati Helfgot, Rebetzin Smadar Rosensweig, Rabbi Natan Slifkin, and Rabbi Gil Student
