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DESCRIPTION:Location: Rare Books and Special Collections\, 4th floor\, Colg
 ate Room\, McLennan Library Building (or online)\n\nPlease see listing on 
 the McGill Library website for full details. \n\nThe Joe Fishstein Collect
 ion of Yiddish Poetry\, housed in Rare Books and Special Collections\, is 
 a unique example of a man’s devotion to the literary production and herita
 ge of a community that held profound personal meaning for him. The collect
 ion consists of some 2\,300 Yiddish works\, mostly poetry\, and includes m
 any rare volumes. Many of the works have beautiful hand-made jackets creat
 ed by Joe Fishstein\, the Bronx garment worker who collected them. This ex
 traordinary collection shows us how a man ornamented his life through his 
 poetry books. In this workshop\, guest speaker Claire Sigal will take a pa
 ge out of Joe Fishstein’s book\, metaphorically\, and explore personalizin
 g and monogramming our own bookmarks with a hands-on activity.\n\nThis is 
 a hybrid event. Please indicate whether you will attend online or in-perso
 n. In-person attendees are asked to please bring a pencil.\n\nOpen to all\
 , please RSVP.\n\nAbout the Speaker:\n	Claire Sigal holds a BFA in Art Hist
 ory from Concordia University and a MISt in Library Sciences from McGill U
 niversity\, both in Montreal. Her lectures focus on the intersection of te
 xtiles and literature and multi-alphabetical cataloguing. She is a histori
 cal Judaica embroidery recreator and folk dancer.\n
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SUMMARY:On the Other Side of the Poem: The Joe Fishstein Collection of Yidd
 ish Poetry (hybrid)
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/jewishstudies/channels/event/other-side-poem-joe-
 fishstein-collection-yiddish-poetry-hybrid-363582
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