Events

A special day of Yiddish poetry and Klezmer music with Miri Koral and Klezmer Juice! For more information, visit the California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language website on http://www.yiddishinstitute.org, and check out Klezmer Juice's...

VIRTUAL YOM HASHOAH 2020 Join us for a unique virtual experience as we explore the Shoah through multi-generational perspectives. You will have access to resources, videos, and other events happening throughout the world. Our program...

קום, הער אַ ייִדיש וואָרט! Come hear a Yiddish word! from the comfort of your home! (Like it or not!) פּראַוועט מיט אונדז פּסח Join us free for a live online international participatory reading of the beloved Arbeter-ring hagode. The link is live right...

A Yiddishized Passover Seyder (translation provided). Meet our Board members, teachers, and volunteers! Enjoy a heymisher 40-min Seyder and learn Yiddish Peysakh vocabulary! When: Thursday, April 9th, 11 a.m, PDT (2 p.m. EDT, 8 p.m. in Europe, 9 p.m. in Israel) Cost: free! (donations...

Programme des séminaires autour de thèmes littéraires organisé par la Maison de la culture yiddish du 11 avril au 3 mai 2020 אַ ריי אינטערנעץ־ סעמינאַרן פֿונעם פּאַריזער ייִדיש־צענטער Avec Yitskhok Niborski, Sharon Bar-Kochva, Tal Hever-Chybowski...

Monday, March 30, 1:00pm (EST): Ben Kaplan (Director of Education) and Stefanie Halpern (Director of the YIVO Archives) discuss our online class, Oh Mama, I'm in Love! The Story of the Yiddish Stage Tuesday, March 31, 1:00pm (EST): Stefanie Halpern (Director of...

YIVO’S Shine Online Educational Series: A seat at the table: a journey into Jewish food sponsored by  Edward Blank and Family, The Covenant Foundation, and The Shine Trust This course launches on May 1, 2020. Register at any time. * Free for a...

Folksbiene! LIVE – an online celebration of Yiddish culture featuring livestreamed theater, American Jewish performers, workshops, and other events – including a talkback with the cast of the award-winning Fiddler on the Roof in...

So how have you been spending YOUR time? A number of friends in the New York Yiddish world have complained that  being locked up has given us all such a wealth of online activities that...

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...