Event Announcements and Recaps

The League for Yiddish is looking for an Executive Director

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The League for Yiddish is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Executive Director, to begin in February 2020. The position is currently part-time, with the possibility of full-time, given…

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If your travels are taking you to Vilna

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Reading Vilna in Jewish Writing and Urban History: A Collaborative Conference Every great city deserves a Baedecker, and Wilno-Vilna-Vilnius has had several, none more capacious than Zalmen Szyk’s 1000 yor…

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Yiddish Summer Weimar 2019. The Weimar Republic of Yiddishland July 12 – August 17

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Registration for Yiddish Summer Weimar workshops is open and advance ticket sales have begun! In 2019 we recognize the 100th anniversary of the beginnings of the Weimar Republic. To celebrate…

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Yitskhok Niborski from Paris Medem Yiddish Scene on the Yiddish Voice, Weds June 26 2019

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The Yiddish Voice continues its series of interviews with Yiddish activitsts at the Paris Yiddish Center-Medem Library on Wednesday June 26 2019 at 7:30 PM with an interview with Yitskhok…

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Ri J. Turner from Paris Medem Yiddish Scene on Yiddish Voice, Weds June 12 2019

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The Yiddish Voice will begin a series of interviews with activists on the Yiddish scene around the Paris Yiddish Center-Medem Library starting Wednesday June 12 2019 at 7:30 PM with…

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Netflix Begins Production on Part-Yiddish Series ‘Unorthodox’

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‘Deutschland 83’ Actress Maria Schrader Set to Direct ROBERT MITCHELL Netflix has announced the start of production on its Yiddish- and English-language German series “Unorthodox,” which is shooting in Berlin. The…

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Yiddish Flavors of Love: A Musical Celebration

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Tickets going fast! Sunday, June 16, 2019 3:00 p.m. YIDDISH FLAVORS OF LOVE: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION performed by The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Seth Weinstein,…

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An Unexpected Side to Yiddish Theater

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Mitzi Manna, an international star of the Yiddish stage, has appeared in basements everywhere from Berlin and Bucharest to the Bronx and back. She is thrilled to at last be…

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The NY Cantors perform live at SummerStage

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In Association with Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust presents. The New York Cantors (as seen…

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The Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture, established in 1968, is the oldest intensive Yiddish summer program in the world.

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Our 6-week program offers classes from beginner to advanced levels and a wide variety of cultural and enrichment activities. Under the auspices of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and Bard College, the…

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