Event Announcements and Recaps

This Sunday – Sholem Aleichem Would Have Loved This!

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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…

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Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture

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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…

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Daniel Kahn presents “Yiddish Blues in Berlin”

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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…

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Scott Hilton Davis presents: Celebrating Jacob Dinezon On His 100th Yortsayt

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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…

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How to translate Yiddish Humor into Japanese… Without losing your Punchline!

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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…

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Kolya Borodulin presents: Birobidzhan – An Incredible Dream At The Far Reaches Of The World

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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…

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Dvir Bar-Gal presents: Sweet & Sour Safe Haven – Jewish Refugees in Shanghai

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At the start of WWII, 20,000 Jewish refugees made it to the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai, even as the revolution was raging in China and the Japanese were about to…

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Yiddish Poetry Beat to Live Klezmer Music

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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,…

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Free Yiddish 3rd Seder Live Online at 2 PM EST time / 11 AM PST time) . Join us!

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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…

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YAAANA´s April Zoom Events and Classes

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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…

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