Yiddish Culture Online
Throughout the year, YIVO offers courses in Yiddish language, Jewish history, and Jewish culture that are open to the general public. All current courses are taking place online. Based in New York, YIVO is dedicated to fostering knowledge of the ongoing story of Jewish life, with a focus on the...
with definition, synonyms, etymology, phrases using the word, and clip of a native Yiddish speaker using the word in conversation
A comprehensive website dedicated to Sholem Aleichem [1859-1916], the most popular and iconic Jewish writer of his generation. As you explore this site you’ll discover more about the remarkable life and equally remarkable afterlife of the man whose works have traveled continents, inspired generations, and provided the material for the legendary Broadway musical Fiddler...
The Digital Yiddish Theatre Project [DYTP] uses digital technology to study and preserve the rich legacy of the Yiddish stage. Founded in 2012 by Joel Berkowitz and Debra Caplan, the DYTP comprises theatrical practitioners, research librarians, and scholars in higher education, who are among the world's leading authorities on Yiddish...
Klezmer Music and Yiddish Song - Online Resources, Yiddish Culture Online / Online
Founded in 2010, the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is one of the nation’s leading centers for the study, documentation, and dissemination of Yiddish music and culture. The collection contains over 8,000 78rpm discs including Yiddish theater, popular and traditional music, cantorial songs, klezmer music,...
Klezmer Music and Yiddish Song - Online Resources, Yiddish Culture Online / Online
Yiddish research guide covering general resources, article and books, folklore, genealogy, linguistics, literature, music and dance, oral history, theater, film, radio, translation and student resources.
Committee for Yiddish of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto presents a variety of language and culture classes, currently all online: Yiddish Language Classes: Beginning, Beginner-Plus, Intermediate-Plus, Advanced Yiddish Conversation: Beginner and Intermediate Reading Circle (Leyenkrayz): Participants will read and discuss humorous short stories in Yiddish from the anthology “A...