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Solomon Simon’s novel The Clever Little Tailor spins tales of a Jewish tailor who impresses kings, judges, thieves, and even giants with his sharp wit. Simon's grandson, David R. Forman, has now translated the novel for the first time into English. Join translator Forman in conversation with literature scholar Miriam Udel, as they discuss Solomon Simon, the newly translated novel, and the future of bilingual English-Yiddish literature.

This course will focus on the ideas, politics, and culture of Jewish anarchists within the broad context of modern Jewish politics. Topics will include Jewish nationalism, the Russian Revolution, Yiddish literature, morality, violence, and free will.

Conducted in English, this course will offer a close reading of Sholem-Yankev Abramovitsh's 1873 landmark novel, Di klyatshe (The Mare). While the course will use an English translation of the novel, Yiddish-readers may read the original Yiddish text.

Conducted in Yiddish, this course will read Yiddish poetry written by everyday people in the ghettos and camps of World War II in an attempt to understand the multi-faceted character and significance of the poetry within the context of historical testimony.

Conducted in Yiddish, this course will read and study the history of Royte pomerantsn, the century-old collection of Yiddish jokes compiled by Immanuel Olshvanger. Towards the eternal attempt to characterize Yiddish humor, the course will discuss the motifs that are joked about and Olshvanger's theory of what is essential to the Yiddish joke.

Have you always wanted to study Yiddish at YIVO’s Summer Program? Are you wondering what it would be like to take the program online or in person? Join faculty and staff of YIVO's Summer Program for a brief information session.

Have you always wanted to study Yiddish at YIVO’s Summer Program? Are you wondering what it would be like to take the program online or in person? Join faculty and staff of YIVO's Summer Program for a brief information session.

Join YIVO for a discussion of the YIVO Folksong Project including examples of material from the project, and a demonstration of how to access this material. This panel will feature the original project director Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin, singer and composer Joshua Waletzky, and YIVO Sound Archivist Eléonore Biezunski. Part of YIVO’s May 2022 festival celebrating Yiddish folksong.

Have you always wanted to study Yiddish at YIVO’s Summer Program? Are you wondering what it would be like to take the program online or in person? Join faculty and staff of YIVO's Summer Program for a brief information session.

Ghil'ad Zuckermann's new book, Revivalistics: From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond, tells the story of the Hebrew revival with new insights about modern Israeli Hebrew's connection to the Yiddish language. Join YIVO for a discussion with Zuckermann in conversation with Yiddish poet and linguist Dov-Ber Kerler.