The Collection, founded by the late Gella Schweid Fishman, covers the four major Yiddish school networks in the U.S. and Canada: Sholem Aleichem, Arbeter Ring, Farband, and Ordn schools. Friends of the SYSNA Collection assists in the identification and donation of materials; raises funds to catalogue and disseminate materials; offers...
Yiddish and Translation, taught by Professor Gabriella Safran at Stanford University. To be offered in Fall 2024, in-person. Yiddish, a historic language of Ashkenazic Jews, is known as "Taytsh," literally the language of translation. In this class, we learn about the histories and theories of translation into and out of...
Yiddish Classes in (or online from) the Bay Area / Santa Clara County
The Leyenkrayz is a Stanford graduate student-led Yiddish reading group. They meet in-person weekly to read aloud and discuss Yiddish literary and historical texts, and they occasionally host visitors in-person and online. Anyone who works with Yiddish and would like to practice reading original texts in a group setting is...
Yiddish Language and Culture – Informal Learning / Santa Clara County