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This weekly standard class develops listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for spring Beginner II students.

This weekly standard class enhances listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for spring Intermediate I students.

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research will host the New York film premiere of Labzik: Tales of a Clever Pup.

An evening of singing, stories, and reminiscences by renowned vocalist and scholar Ruth Rubin's family, friends, colleagues, and students who continue to be inspired by her work, and a celebration of YIVO’s Ruth Rubin Legacy online exhibition.

This image-filled presentation commemorates the 100th anniversary of author Jacob Dinezon’s passing, with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, author, and publisher Scott Hilton Davis, translator Tina Lunson, and Yiddishist and teacher Sheva Zucker.

Get your very own Yiddish Body Parts Mug for $19.99 (includes S&H)!* The mug features Yiddish vocabulary for parts of the body and an illustration from an anatomical diagram of a skeleton found in the anatomy notebook of a student at a Tsentrale Yidishe Shul-Organizatsye school (Central Yiddish School Organization, TSYSHO). Oshmene, Poland, 1937. ...

Check your answers below and let us know how you did on social media! #yiddishbeasts 1. You can find this animal in savannas a) Der helfand – elephant b) Der shtekhler – hedgehog c) Di fledermoyz – bat d) Di zhabe – frog 2. You can find this animal in the mountains a) Di ku – cow b) Der ...

Congratulations! You’re a Yiddish master! #yiddishbodyparts 1. Skull a) Oygn – eyes b) Sharbn – skull c) Ruknbeyn – spine d) Tson – tooth 2. Shoulder a) Aksl – shoulder b) Kinbeyn – jawbone c) Nozlekher – nostrils d) Pyate – heel 3. Ribs a) Kni – knee b) Gombe – chin c) Pakhve – armpit d) Ripn – ribs 4. Hand a) Hant – hand b) Fusfinger – ...

Bravo! Do you hear the applause? You’re a star! #ohmama 1. Which of these isn’t a play title? a) A Working Girl’s Wrongs b) The Coquettish Ladies c) The Unfaithful Wife d)Three Brides for Yankl 2. Where did the first Yiddish performance take place? a) In a theater b) In a wine garden c) In a cellar d) In a firehall 3. ...

This course will survey the development of Jewish humor as a cultural phenomenon during the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing mainly on the history of American Jewish comedic output, but also delving into Jewish material from Eastern Europe, the USSR, and Israel.