May

27, Wed. (Every), Noon, Yale-New Haven Yiddish Leyen Kreiz, New Haven, CT 203-288-8206

27, Wed., Noon, Yiddish Tish Discussion Luncheon, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 860-486-2271

27, Mon. and Wed., 7:00 P.M, Yiddish Language Classes (4 levels: beginner advanced), Brookline, 617-566-6281

27, Wed., 2:00 P.M., Interactive Lecture Series on Klezmer Music, Belmont, 617-969-7100

27, Wed., (Every) 7:30 P.M., The Yiddish Voice Radio Hour, On WUNR 1600 AM, Meyer, Boston, 617-730-8484

28, Thurs., 7:30 P.M, Yiddish Shmoozers, Yiddish Revival series, Cong. B'nai Sholom Newington, CT 860-667-2864

28, Thurs. (Call, meets at dif. times), 7:30 P.M, Yiddish Sing, Informal sing-a long, Brookline, 617-625-8689

31, Sun., 2:30 P.M., Informal Yiddish Activities Committee (IAYC), Brookline 617-332-5758

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EVENING YIDDISH CLASSES

Yiddish Language Classes Begin at the Boston Workmen's Circle – all levels Monday and Monday evenings, starting the week of September 24th
Location: Workmen’s Circle building - 1762 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA
Class time: All classes are held from 7:30 – 9:00 pm

OUR CLASSES
Beginners: 11 Monday evenings, beginning Sept. 18.  This course teaches students Yiddish reading, elementary grammar and basic conversation skills.  It is geared toward students who have little or no previous background. Students who don’t know the Hebrew alphabet are encouraged to contact the office prior to the start of class.  Instructor:  Harry Bochner.

Advanced Beginners: 12 Monday evenings, beginning Sept. 24.  This course is designed for those who are already able to read simple Yiddish and who have familiarity with basic grammar such as present, past and future tenses. Textbook and supplementary texts, newspapers and music will be used to strengthen grammar, facilitate conversational Yiddish, and to develop reading skills. Instructor: Lillian Leavitt.

Intermediate: 12 Monday evenings, beginning Sept. 24. This course will use vol. 2 of  Sheva Zucker’s textbook, readings by well-known authors, and the Forverts to further students’ vocabulary and reading skills. Students will also be encouraged to expand their comfort with speaking and understanding conversational Yiddish. Instructor: Dovid Braun.

Advanced seminar, conducted solely in Yiddish: 12 Monday evenings, beginning Sept. 24. Come learn about Yiddish history, literature and language from experts in the field, talking about their specialties in Yiddish.  Students should be able to speak and understand Yiddish comfortably and read sophisticated texts on their own with the aid of a dictionary.  Instructors:  Team-taught by David Braun, Sholem Beinfeld and Iosif Lakhman.

OUR INSTRUCTORS:
Harry Bochner has a PhD in linguistics from Harvard University.  Harry has taught Yiddish on and off for 15 years at BU extension, Harvard Hillel, privately, and at the Workmen's Circle.

Lillian Shporer Leavitt, a daughter of Shoah survivors, grew up speaking Yiddish and graduated from the Bostoner Arbeter Ring Shule.  She was a computer software trainer for many years before transferring her teaching skills to Yiddish.  She has been teaching Yiddish at the Workmen's Circle, synagogues, and community centers of Boston for the past dozen years.

David Braun has taught Yiddish language and Yiddish studies at Harvard University, the Univ. of Pennsylvania, Hebrew University (Jerusalem), Gratz College, and at the intensive Yiddish summer programs of YIVO with Columbia University and the Jewish Historical Institute (Warsaw, Poland).

Sholem Beinfeld is Professor Emeritus of History at Washington University in St. Louis, where he taught modern Jewish history.  He has been a consultant for the U.S. Holocaust Museum as well as a consultant on many projects related to Holocaust history.  He has published several translations from Yiddish to English.

Iosif Lakhman is a native Yiddish speaker from the Ukraine. A Professor of Economics in the former Soviet Union, he was a contributor to Sovetish Heymland.  He presently writes for the Yiddish and Russian Forverts and helps with the Yiddish radio program “Dos Yidishe Kol”.

Tuition:
Workmen's Circle Members & Members of Participating Temples: $165
Non-members: $220
One-Time Introductory Rate: $195
For more information or to register please contact us at 617 566-6281 or circle@workmenscircleboston.org

Please make checks payable to Workmen’s Circle & mail to 1762 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02445
For more information, contact The Workmen's Circle at (617)566-6281 or circle@workmenscircleboston.org <mailto:circle@workmenscircleboston.org>

YIDDISH CHORUS Join our intergenerational Yiddish community chorus, A Besere Velt. No auditions and no previous knowledge of Yiddish required. 617-566-6281

OTHER YIDDISH HAPPENINGS - Free and open to the public. For information on future activities email bag@shore.net or call Barry 617 332-5758 (home), 781 392-2517 (work).

Yiddish Conversation Group meets in Somerville the 2nd Thurs. each month, 8:00-10:00 p.m. Call Linda Gritz/Mike Katz for directions, 617 625-8689. All levels of speakers welcome.

Yiddish Sing, 4th Thurs. (usually) each month at the WorkmenÕs Circle office, 7:30-9:00 p.m. Join this informal intergenerational gathering 617-566-6281

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