Learn the basics of Yiddish conversation; no Yiddish experience necessary. National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's Associate Artistic Director Motl Didner offers lessons brought to life by a vibrant cast of fictional characters. The third season of NYTF's 15-Minute Yiddish (more or less), Tuesdays, 10am Pacific Time has concluded its fifteenth and...
Free 10-week beginning Yiddish course on Zoom, taught by Yankl Levitow, Wednesdays, 5:30-7pm, starting January 18, 2023 The course is offered both on Zoom and in person at the JCC in Los Gatos. Free tuition, however there's a charge for course materials. Why do some people “shlep” rather than “carry?”...
Yiddish Classes in (or online from) the Bay Area, Yiddish Classes Online / Online
For those who can already speak rudimentary Yiddish. Seven Mondays, 7/17 - 8/28, 7-8:30pm Pacific Time on Zoom. You may register even after the course has begun. Stress in this class will be placed on interactive conversation with the instructor and among the students (almost) entirely in Yiddish. I will...
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
Elementary Yiddish 101, taught by Alec Burko, at U.C. Berkeley. To be offered in Fall 2023. M, W, F, 1-2pm, in person. In this beginners’ course students will learn to speak, read, and write Yiddish, the original language of East European Jews. Using the communicative method and the new textbook...
Yiddish Classes in (or online from) the Bay Area, Yiddish Classes Online / Online
Workers Circle/Arbeter Ring of Northern California is offering free, biweekly online Yiddish classes with instructor Marianne Tatom (Mirl). We have 2 levels of classes: Advanced Beginners and Intermediate. You must know the Jeiwsh alphabet (alef-beys) for both classes. Regular classes resume January 12, 2024 and continue biweekly through June 14,...
Yiddish Classes in (or online from) the Bay Area, Yiddish Classes Online / Online
The Yiddish Club at Peninsula JCC has transformed since the beginning of the pandemic into FYG - Fishl’s Yiddish Group, meeting on Zoom every Tuesday, 11am PT. A 30-minute presentation in Yiddish is followed by a shmues in Yiddish at every meeting. Fishl - Philip Kutner is the founder, Debbie...
Henry Sapozniks' website is clearinghouse of a lifetime of his passions, enthusiasms, and projects including but not limited to old time country music, Yiddish vaudeville, scratchy old records, banjo, Tin Pan Alley, Yiddish radio, early animation, competition bullseye pistol, and black and white movies. Subscribe to the blog. Henry Sapoznik...
This online project has been created by some prominent Yiddish singers and scholars: Michael Alpert, Walter Zev Feldman, Itzik Gottesman, Ethel Raim, Josh Waletzky, and Mark Slobin. (In their words:) First, we identify the genre of the folksong within the culture of eastern Ashkenazic Jews and the surrounding European societies....
Bi-weekly magazine about Jewish life in Northern California, as well as this event calendar.
Links to resources for learning about and playing klezmer music, generally and for specific instruments, collected by Jim Rebhan.
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.
The Nigunim Community Chorus, directed by Achi Ben Shalom, is dedicated to the music of the Jewish people from around the world. The repertoire is varied, and includes contemporary and classic songs in Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino and English, arranged for choral singing in three- and four-part harmony. We meet on...
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...
Yiddish Culture Online, Yiddish Language and Culture – Informal Learning / Online
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...
In Yiddish: News, cooking shows, crossword puzzles, and more Word of the Day videos.
Yiddish Culture Online, Yiddish Language and Culture – Informal Learning / Online
Fall 2020: First-year Yiddish, First Quarter (AMELANG 140A, JEWISHST 104A), with Jon Levitow 09/14 - 11/20/2020, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 1-2pm. https://jewishstudies.stanford.edu/courses/2020-2021-jewishst-104a 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...
Beginning Yiddish class Fall 2022 includes how to read and write letters of the alef-beyz (alphabet), along with basic vocabulary and conversation. Plus additional Yiddish language, culture, and social justice classes, all online. Presented by SoCal Arbeter Ring/Workers Circle (Southern California)