Online Yiddish Conversations
Yiddish Culture Online, Yiddish Language and Culture – Informal Learning
Several organizations host online Yiddish discussion/conversation groups:
• KlezCalifornia’s Flisik Yidish Salon, monthly, Sundays, 2-3pm PT. Each participant gives brief comments (in Yiddish) on the month’s theme, followed by an open conversation. For fluent speakers. Hosted by Rosie Kaplan and Evie Groch.
• YOMC, Yiddish Open Mic Café, several times a year, Sundays, 8-9am PT. Songs, poems, jokes, stories, games and more in Yiddish. Participate or watch. Register at https://tinyurl.com/38468vcx.
Presented by the Yiddish Cafe Trust in association with the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities (SCOJEC). Open to all levels of Yiddish speakers. Sign up to present (in Yiddish) poetry, stories, theatre, songs, sketches, etc., no longer than 6 minutes on the month’s theme or be a part of the audience. English translations will be on the screen. (Presenters provide their own translations, but sponsors are happy to translate for presenters if necessary.) More info: yiddishcafe@gmail.com Check out recordings of previous Cafés.
• Fishl’s Yiddish Group, weekly, Tuesdays, 11am PT. The Yiddish Club at the Peninsula JCC transformed at the beginning of the pandemic into FYG – Fishl’s Yiddish Group. A 30-minute presentation in Yiddish is followed by a shmues in Yiddish at every Zoom meeting. The late Fishl – Philip Kutner – was the founder, Debbie Herman manages the website, and Assia Azenkot is Director of the Program. Per the administrators, “We are an active weekly international Zoom shmues group of Yiddish enthusiasts. We have Yiddish-speaking guests almost every week. Our members also contribute presentations. We share our stories in Yiddish and appreciate each other’s company. You can check the recordings of our previous meetings on our website: www.ilovefyg.org. And if you want to sign up to receive an invitation, please fill out a little questionnaire here: Join Fishl’s Yiddish Group. ”
• Queer Yiddishist Shmueskrayz, some Sundays, 10am PT. A chance for 2SIAQTBLG+ & Questioning Yiddishists to build rad Yiddish community, learn how to speak about issues we can around in Yiddish, and co-create contemporary Yiddish culture while improving (and improvising) our Yiddish.
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