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Beginner I covers the alef-beys, and grammar, vocabulary, and conversational basics. It is for students who are new to the Yiddish language, or would like a review.

Beginner I covers the alef-beys, and grammar, vocabulary, and conversational basics. It is for students who are new to the Yiddish language, or would like a review.

Beginner I covers the alef-beys, and grammar, vocabulary, and conversational basics. It is for students who are new to the Yiddish language, or would like a review.

Beginner I covers the alef-beys, and grammar, vocabulary, and conversational basics. It is for students who are new to the Yiddish language, or would like a review.

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.

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?