Committee for Yiddish

Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Online Yiddish Language Classes start this Sunday, September 26. Don't miss your chance -- sign up now!

Yiddish For Adults | Committee For Yiddish Learn, refresh, and improve your speaking, reading, and writing language skills with experienced instructors in a fun and stimulating learning environment. Beginner Yiddish LanguageSection 1: Sundays on Zoom, 10:00 am – 11:30 am Eastern Time | September 26 – November 28, 2021 Section 2: Mondays ...

This just in: This fall, our Yiddish Theatre Workshop with David Gale will be working with Miriam Hoffman's "Double Identity," based on Sholem Aleichem's 1914 classic "Shver tsu zayn a yid". Classes start October 5. Register now!
https://www.committeeforyiddish.com/learn/theatre-workshop

Looking to take a Yiddish class this fall? Now's your chance! Registration for our Fall 2021 Online Yiddish Classes is now open. From Beginner to Advanced, our Yiddish Theatre Workshop or our Leyenkrayz, there's something for everyone!

Yiddish For Adults | Committee For Yiddish Learn, refresh, and improve your speaking, reading, and writing language skills with experienced instructors in a fun and stimulating learning environment. Beginner Yiddish LanguageSection 1: Sundays on Zoom, 10:00 am – 11:30 am Eastern Time | September 26 – November 28, 2021 Section 2: Mondays ...

Register now for this special program in Yiddish and English with Anastasiya Lyubas and Miri Koral, this Sunday, January 10, 2pm EST

Please join us for a special live online event! Anastasiya Lyubas in Conversation with Miri Koral: Debora Vogel, Wandering Star of Yiddish Literature. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. "Rediscovering a Brilliant Modernist: Debora Vogel, Wandering Star of Yiddish Literature" Author and U of T Research Fellow Anastasiya Lyubas in conversation with California Yiddish scholar Miri Koral Co-Presented with the California Institute of Yiddish Culture and Language, and the Congress for Je...

After watching the film, join Dr. May Cohen, Sharon Hampson (of Sharon, Lois & Bram fame), and Sol Hermolin (from the Yiddish Vinkl) this Sunday, November 29 at 4pm for a special Q&A discussion of their Yiddish and Jewish left backgrounds and how these values influenced Dr. May's life and work. Come and share your own thoughts and memories - in English or in Yiddish!

Don't miss an encore screening of The Gender Lady this weekend!

Watch the film and then join us for a Zoom Q & A on Sunday afternoon with Dr. May Cohen, Sharon Hampson (from Sharon Lois and Bram) and Sol Hermolin. This Q&A will be partially in Yiddish with English translations.

Register: https://www.amilia.com/store/en/miles-nadal-jcc/shop/activities/2970250

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/319355505

לידער פֿונעם מײַסטער־פּאָעט מרדכי געבירטיג – עונג־שבת נײַן באַליבטע לידער פֿונעם גרויסן ייִדישן מחבר, פֿאָרגעשטעלט פֿון דניאל קאַהן, לעאָ פֿולד און טעאָדאָר ביקעל.

Zeyer a worthy reason to make the trip down to Amherst, MA...Yidstock 2018 at the Yiddish Book Center! An amazing lineup - and featuring Toronto's own Eric Stein, nokh! Read all about it and get your festival passes here: http://yiddishbookcenter.org/yidstock

Yidstock 2018: July 12-15 | Yiddish Book Center The seventh annual Yidstock takes place at the Yiddish Book Center on July 12-15, 2018.

Even James Cagney spoke Yiddish! Well, sometimes...!

דזשיימס קאַגני רעדט אויף מאַמע־לשון – עונג־שבת זעט ווי דער אירלענדיש־אַמעריקאַנער אַקטיאָר רעדט אויף ייִדיש אין דעם פֿילם „טאַקסי.‟

If it ain’t broke...redesign it anyway! Letterheads from the פֿאַרבאַנד אידיש נאַציאָנאַלער אַרבעטער (Farband Labor Zionist Order), ca. 1950-1960.

22 Yiddish words from MyJewishLearning.com! Lern zikh gezunt!

The 22 Best Yiddish Words to Know | My Jewish Learning A brief glossary of important and commonly used Yiddish words and phrases.