Broadway is dark, but NYTF will bring the stage to you
Starting this week, the longest consecutively producing theatre in the U.S. and the world's oldest continuously operating Yiddish theatre company is launching Folksbiene LIVE! – an online celebration of Yiddish culture featuring livestreamed theater, American Jewish...
Intensive Programm in Yiddish Language and Literature, Brussels July 20-July 31, 2020
Yiddish on the Continent Brussels
July 20th - July 31st 2020
The Institute of Jewish Studies (Free University of Brussels - Belgium)
L’Institut d’Etudes du Judaïsme, a major European Centre for Jewish Studies, announces an intensive programme...
[Live On Zoom] Yiddish Children’s Literature And Jewish Modernity
Thursday, July 2 | 4:30pm (EDT)
Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series
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Miriam Udel | Delivered in English.
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Scholars are only beginning to consider the corpus of nearly one thousand extant...
Hot Pstromi’s first concert as the full band since sequestration due to Covid-19
JFest hosts national stars for a musical celebration that glances back and looks ahead. This year’s Summit celebrates klezmer, Yiddish, jazz, world music and songs of social justice, with a special tribute to the...
Yiddish events in San Diego this week
Following the deeply disturbing killings of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, Breonna Taylor on March 13, Ahmaud Arbery on February 23, and countless other Black Americans throughout our history, we would like to...
July: Folksbiene! LIVE programming
July is finally here. The temperature outside is heating up and so are our Folksbiene! LIVE shows. All start at 1 PM ET and can be viewed anytime after that at NYTF.org/live.
July 7th, test your knowledge once...
“Coming to America” Reading Groups for Public Libraries—Yiddish Literature in Translation
Join us as we kick off a special five-part book discussion series focusing on the immigrant experience through the lens of Yiddish literature. The Yiddish Book Center’s “Coming to America” Reading and Discussion program...
YAAANA: Announcing our Intensive Winter Yiddish Language Program and Other new Events
As we near the end of October, we are getting ready for our Yiddish children's education events and classes in November. Give the gift of Yiddish to the younger generation! There are several opportunities to sign...
How a Trove of Yiddish Letters Led to a Journey of Discovery
Talk and Book Signing with Dr. David Slucki, Ph.D. Q & A with Dr. Holli Levitsky, Ph.D.
A year after his father's untimely death while visiting Los Angeles, David Slucki, a native of Melbourne, Australia,...
Five Yiddish Comedians Walk Into a Zoom…
Join Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter as she talks to contemporary stars of Yiddish comedy and mavens of Yiddish humor — Shane Baker, Michael Wex, Allen Lewis Rickman, Yelena Shmulenson and Hy Wolfe. Hear some...