Soviet Yiddish literature flourished from the 1920s to the 1940s, at first supported by the Soviet State. In 1952, most of the major Soviet Jewish intellectuals were executed (Night of the Murdered Poets, August 13, 1952). We will read powerful works by avant-garde modernist writers such as the poets Peretz...
Yiddish classes co-presented by KlezCalifornia. Course Information »
Mondays, 7-8:30pm, starting January 13, 2020. Learn this rich and colorful language in a relaxed, irreverent and heymisheh atmosphere. All you need is some zits-fleysh (butt + patience), an ardent desire to learn, an interest in Jewish culture, and an ability tsu vern tseshusn far gelekhter (to crack up). Stress...
In this course, we will read and discuss selections of Yiddish prose and poetry from the 19th and 20th centuries. The class will focus on comprehension, based not only on the lexicon and syntax of the Yiddish language, but also on the cultural contexts in which the texts are embedded....
Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring of Northern California offers free bi-weekly Beginners Yiddish classes at the Main San Francisco Public Library (Civic Center), taught by Andrew Kuznetsov Beginners Yiddish I meets every other Friday 1-2:45pm Beginners Yiddish II, meets every other Friday, 3-5pm both beginning again January 10, 2020.
MWF, 10-11am, UC Berkeley, Berkeley. Offered through German Dept.
Fridays 4-5:30pm. Openhouse LGBT Senior Housing, Community & Services Focuses on LGBT seniors in SF, but classes are open to all. Class usually filled.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3-4:50pm, beginning September 17, 2019. Stanford University course, but auditors welcome. Course AMELANG 140A
Beginners (Tuesdays, 6-7pm) Intermediate (Tuesdays, 7-9pm) All are welcome, but students in this class can already read, write, and converse in Yiddish. Each week consists of some conversation and consideration of a grammatical topic. Beginning October 15, 2019
Stanford University's Taube Center for Jewish Studies offers an interdisciplinary program for the study and understanding of Jewish cultures, literatures, languages, religion, politics, and history. Occasionally there are Yiddish conversation groups and Yiddish literature groups, open to non-students. For formal learning, see Yiddish classes offered by Jon Levitow and Russian-Jewish...
Yiddish Classes in the Bay Area, Yiddish Language & Culture – Informal Learning / Santa Clara County
University of California, Berkeley Taught by Chloe Piazza Mondays - Fridays, 11am-12noon, Fall 2019