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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...

נעמענדיק אין באַטראַכט אַז אַלע אַמעריקאַנער אוניוועריסעטן און אַקאַדעמישע פּראָגראַמען וואָס האָבן געזאָלט פֿאָרקומען אין קלאַסצימער דעם זומער האָט מען אַנולירט אָדער פֿאַרוואַנדלט אין אַן אָנלײַן־פּראָגראַם, איז געווען קלאָר אַז די ייִדיש־זומער־פּראָגראַמען וועלן דאַרפֿן...

YIVO’S 2020 SUMMER PROGRAM TAKING PLACE ONLINE JUNE 29 – AUGUST 7, 2020 DON'T MISS THE APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 29 Spend six-to-nine weeks immersed in Yiddish and discover 1,000 years of Jewish history. Delve into the riches of the...

International Yiddish Event Live Online! Sholem Aleichem From Every Continent! When he passed away in 1916, Sholem Aleichem, the most beloved Yiddish writer of all time, requested in his will that his family and friends mark his...

Since 1968, the Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture has run every summer in New York City. Given the extraordinary circumstances of the current moment, we have decided to take the unprecedented...

Featuring new and old songs of hope and despair in Yiddish and English. The Detroit-born and Berlin-based Kahn has toured the world as a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, translator, and teacher. He originated the role of Pertshik...

conference call: דער בציבור־⁠קלונג, ־⁠ען join a meeting: צו֜שטיין צו אַ זי֜צונג; אַרײַ֜נטרעטן אין אַ זי֜צונג meeting ID: די זי֜צונג־אידע֜נטיפֿיקאַ֜ציע For the complete list, click here to go to the archive at "Verter fun der Vokh"

Who was Jacob Dinezon, the Yiddish writer who in his day outshone even Sholem Aleichem? Scott Hilton Davis tells his remarkable personal journey with the rediscovery of Jacob Dinezon, the great humanist and writer, who...

Prof. Yoshiji Hirose is an internationally recognized expert in Jewish American literature, and in Yiddish literature in particular. In addition to an impressive list of publications which critically examine the works of Jewish authors,...

Ek Velt - An Incredible Dream At The Far Reaches Of The World< ק װעלט׃ די פֿאַרכאַפּנדיקע מעשׂה פֿון ייִדיש אין ביראָבידזשאַן Please join us for the fascinating story of Birobidzhan — a remote and forbidding...