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Center for Jewish Studies – Harvard University
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Yiddish is a thousand-year-old Germanic fusion language that was once spoken by most of the world’s Jews and spread to every continent. Although the number of Yiddish speakers has decreased dramatically following the disasters of the twentieth century, Yiddish is still the mother tongue of many Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities. It also remains the basis of dynamic secular [...]
Location:
6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 02138
Website:
Email: cjs@fas.harvard.edu
Phone: (617) 495-4326

California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language
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We counter the tide that separates most Jews alive today from their own remarkable heritage. We seek to inspire the local and broader Jewish community by illuminating a uniquely creative and influential culture that was shattered in its prime. We challenge the fog of lost memory and ignorance about Yiddish that puts a vast and precious vital legacy at [...]
Location:
333 Washington Blvd., #118, Marina del Rey, California, United States 90292
Website:
Contact Name: Miriam Koral
Email: ciycl@yiddishinstitute.org
Phone: (310) 745-1190

Yiddish Almanach
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Understanding Yiddish/Jewish culture through the language

Yiddish is the language of the Jewish people, and it still has a vibrant community today—despite challenges such as rising anti-Semitism and the rising popularity of the English language.
Location:
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Maison de la culture Yiddish
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Le plus grand centre européen d'enseignement et de diffusion de la culture yiddish. Créée en 2002 par la fusion de la Bibliothèque Medem et de l’Association pour l’étude et la diffusion de la culture yiddish. C’est un lieu vivant où il se passe toujours quelque chose : cours de yiddish et de conversation, stages intensifs de langue yiddish, chorale, musique klezmer, atelier [...]
Location:
29, rue du Château-d'eau, Paris, France
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YIVO Institute for Jewish Reserch
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YIVO is dedicated to fostering knowledge of the ongoing story of Jewish life, with a focus on the history and culture of East European Jewry—the ancestry of a significant proportion of Jews in the world today. This story has played an important role in shaping the times we live in.
Location:
15 W. 16th St, New York, New York, United States 10011
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Email: info@yivo.org
Phone: (212) 246-6080

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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The Museum’s David M. Rubenstein National Institute for Holocaust Documentation houses an unparalleled repository of Holocaust evidence that documents the fate of victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others. Our comprehensive collection contains millions of documents, artifacts, photos, films, books, and testimonies. Click here to see Yiddish related items.
Location:
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, United States 20024-2126
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Phone: 202.488.0400

Association for Jewish Studies
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The Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) was founded in 1969 by a small group of scholars seeking a forum for exploring methodological and pedagogical issues in the new field of Jewish Studies. Since its founding, the AJS has grown into the largest learned society and professional organization representing Jewish Studies scholars worldwide. As a constituent organization of the American Council of Learned [...]
Location:
15 West 16th Street, New York, New York, United States 10011
Website:
Email: ajs@associationforjewishstudies.org

League for Yiddish
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The League for Yiddish, Inc., was founded in 1979 by prominent Yiddish linguist and professor Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter in order to provide organizational support for the modernization, standardization and use of the Yiddish language in all spheres of daily life. With devoted members on six continents, the League for Yiddish is one of the few organizations in today's [...]

Location:
64 Fulton Street, Suite 1101, New York, New York, United States 10038
Email: info@leagueforyiddish.org
Phone: 212-889-0380

In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies
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In geveb is an open-access digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the exchange of pedagogical materials, and a blog of Yiddish cultural life. In geveb aims to be a central address for the study of all things Yiddish—the focal point for discussions of Yiddish literature, language, and culture, and 
the home [...]
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LAJSA – Latin American Jewish Studies
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LAJSA serves as a network for scholars who are working on related themes but who are geographically distant from one another. Members maintain contact with one another through the electronic listserv “LAJSA-List,” the News & Announcements on the website, regional and international scholarly conferences, and the online publication Latin American Jewish Studies, which carries critical reviews of new scholarly work, [...]
Website:
Contact Name: Ariana Huberman
Email: ahuberma@haverford.edu