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This class will cover building blocks of Yiddish conversation and culture. It is a continuation of Beginner Conversational Yiddish for Heritage Learners, held by YIVO in fall 2020.

In this course, Miriam Udel, editor and translator of the new anthology Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature, will examine the artistic and political prerogatives of this literature—opening a new window onto the Jewish confrontation with modernity.

Join us for a performance of Alexander Krein’s Ten Yiddish Songs Op. 49 (c. 1937). Performed by singer Lucy Fitz Gibbon with pianist Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, these ten songs reimagine Yiddish folksong texts and melodies in rich and imaginative arrangements for piano and voice.

The Tenement Museum and YIVO are partnering to bring you a night exploring New York City in the Yiddish imagination with musical performances from inside the recreated 1890s parlor of the Levine family, immigrants from Eastern Europe.

Are we currently experiencing a Yiddish renaissance? YIVO’s own community of Yiddish learners has expanded more than 10-fold in the last two years. Duolingo has added Yiddish as a language. Headline after headline touts Yiddish as unexpectedly alive and well. What does this all mean for Yiddish in the 21st century?

From the origins of Ashkenazi civilization to twenty-first century Yiddish debates, this course will provide a thorough overview of the Yiddish language through linguistical, sociological, and historical lenses.

From the origins of Ashkenazi civilization to twenty-first century Yiddish debates, this course will provide a thorough overview of the Yiddish language through linguistical, sociological, and historical lenses.

Conducted in Yiddish, this course will analyze the topography of pre-WWII Warsaw using texts from literature and the press, archival documents, old and new maps, photographs, and drawings.

Conducted in Yiddish, this course will study original folklore texts as well as their literary metamorphoses in the works of Y. L. Perets and Sh. Ansky. All readings will be in Yiddish.

Conducted in Yiddish for advanced beginners, this course will examine the development of the recipe as a Yiddish literary genre. Ingredient lists will be provided before each session so students may cook along in real time if they wish.