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...
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,...
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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....
This site is a collection of stories about, lyrics for, and links to recordings of Yiddish Penny Songs, which are tenement song versions of American theatre and variety show songs, 1895-1925. Their sheet music sold for a penny, hence the name. The collection includes Yiddish Ragtime and Yiddish songs of...
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...
The Yiddish Book Center is presenting online Yiddish language classes for beginners, using the Center's Award-winning Yiddish textbook, In Eynem. Running for six weeks, these classes offer an in-depth introduction to Yiddish language and cover all aspects of learning, including oral and written communication, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and culture. Students...
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...
Jewish Communities of Vermont invites you to register for Yidish in di Grine Berg (Yiddish in the Green Mountains), offered via Zoom in six-week sessions with a break between sessions. For classes after January 2022, contact tweenmom@gmail.com. Beginner Boot Camp is for those who have no knowledge of the...
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...
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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)
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?”...
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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...
In this strictly reading and iberzetsn (translating) Yiddish Zoom class, students will have an opportunity to read various mayselekh (stories) pamelekh (slowly) and mit geduld (with patience), so that even those who have kheyder level (elementary school) proficiency can participate and follow along. The instructor will provide PDF Readers in...
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