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Workmen's Circle 1762 Beacon St., Brookline, MA 617-566-6281
**"dos yidishe kol" hert men ale mitvokh af radio-stantsye WUNR 1600 AM in bostoner gegnt fun 7:30-8:30 in ovnt - Tel: 617-730-8484
February
25 Sat., 8:00 P.M., Fishel Bresler & Shelley Katsh, Klezmer & Hassidic Music KlezEml2, Brooklyn Coffee Tea House, 209 Douglas Ave., Providence, RI 401-575-2284
March
4 Sun., Noon, A Freylekhn Purim: A Festive Purim Celebration, Yiddish Book Center 1021 West Street, Amherst, MA 413-256-4900
April
*20-22, Sabbath Days and Extinguished Stars: The Life and Work of Chaim Grade ,Joseph Berger, Justin Cammy, David Fishman, Yiddish Book Center 1021 West Street, Amherst, MA 413-256-4900 xt140
Ongoing Event
Every Sun., 7:00 P.M, Klezmer Jam, Brookline 617-566-6164
Every Sun., 2:30 P.M., Informal Yiddish Activities Committee (IAYC), Brookline 617-332-5758
2nd Sun., 10:00 A.M, New Friends Of Yiddish, Cong. B’nai Tikvoh Sholom, 180 Still Road, Bloomfield, CT 860-667-2864
Every Mon. and Wed., 7:00 P.M, Yiddish Language Classes (4 levels: beginner advanced), Brookline, 617-566-6281
Every Tues., 9:00 A.M., Yiddish Class, Danbury, CT 203-748-7339
Every Tues., 1:15 P.M., Salem Towers Yiddish Club, Malden, 781-322 6680
Every Wed., Noon, Yale-New Haven Yiddish Leyen Kreiz, New Haven, CT 203-288-8206
First Wed., Noon, Yiddish Tish Discussion Luncheon, Dodd Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 860-486-6332
Every Wed., 2:00 P.M., Interactive Lecture Series on Klezmer Music,
Belmont, 617-969-7100
Every Wed., 7:30 P.M., The
Yiddish Voice Radio Hour, On WUNR 1600 AM, Meyer,
Boston, 617-730-8484
Every Thurs., 7:00 P.M, Lexington Vinkl (Yiddish conversation group), Lexington 781-863-1326
2nd Thurs., 8:00 P.M., Workmen's Circle Yiddish Vinkl, Somerville. All levels of speakers welcome. Call Linda Gritz/Mike Katz 617-776-0448
3rd Thurs. , 7:30 P.M, Yiddish Conversation Group, Brookline 617-628-6320
Thurs. (Call, meets at dif. times), 7:30 P.M, Yiddish Sing, Informal sing-a long, Brookline, Call Mike or Linda at 617-625-8689
Fri., (2nd & 4th) 10:00 A.M, JCC Yiddish Shmooz, Providence,
RI 401-273-2833
EVENING YIDDISH CLASSES
Workmen's Circle building - 1762 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA
Workmen's Circle offers Yiddish classes for a various levels.
Winter-Spring 2011 Yiddish Classes
Tuesday evenings, starts Feb. 8
10 Tuesday evenings, beginning October 5, 2010
7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Tuition: Member $165, non-member $220.
Special young adult rates: member $95, non-member: $125.
Download the registration form here.
Advanced Beginners II
Come learn Yiddish reading, conversation skills and elementary grammar. This course will suit you whether you’re totally new to Yiddish or whether you already know the alphabet and a few basics. A textbook, songs and other multi-media materials will be used.
Instructor: Hanna Palmon has a Masters in education and is a middle school teacher at The Learning Center for the Deaf. She learned Yiddish at the University of Texas and the Uriel Weinreich program at Columbia University, and was an intern at the National Yiddish Book Center. A Yiddish activist, she sits on the board of Yugntruf: Youth for Yiddish and is a graduate of Yugntruf's 2010 Yiddish Teachers' Seminar.
Intermediate
Using the textbook "College Yiddish", students who already know basic vocabulary and grammar will build conversational vocabulary, strengthen their grammar and further develop their reading skills. Perfect for students who have completed a semester of Yiddish in college or who have previously taken the Workmen’s Circle Advanced Beginner class.
Instructor: Abby Howell Miller has a Masters in education and is a middle school teacher at The Learning Center for the Deaf. She learned Yiddish at the University of Texas and the Uriel Weinreich program at Columbia University, and was an intern at the National Yiddish Book Center. A Yiddish activist, she sits on the board of Yugntruf: Youth for Yiddish and is a graduate of Yugntruf's 2010 Yiddish Teachers' Seminar.
Intermediate Reading Circle
Students will read and compare the American immigrant experience as presented in Sholem Asch’s “Keyn Amerike” and Sholem Aleykhem’s “Motl, Peysi dem Khazns”. Conversation and grammar will be interspersed with the readings. Students should be comfortable reading Yiddish texts with the aid of a dictionary.
Instructor: Lillian Shporer Leavitt is 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.
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 Workmen's Circle office, 7:30-9:00 p.m. Join this informal intergenerational gathering 617-566-6281
Philip "Fishl" Kutner
1128 Tanglewood Way,
San Mateo, CA 94403
E-mail FISHL@derbay.org
Ph: (650) 349-6946