Calendar of New York Yiddish Events
February
11 Sat., 7:30 P.M., Commemoration of Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter's Fifth Yortsayt, 52 Ellsworth Ave., Yonkers 914-548-7739
13 Mon. 3:00 P.M., The Scorched Melting Pot: Yiddish Culture and American Communism after WWII, Jennifer Young, YIVO, 15 West 16th Street NYC 212-246-6080
15 Wed., 6:00 P.M., East Village Klezmer, Margot Leverett, Christina Crowder, Aaron Alexander, The Sixth Street Community Synagogue, 325 E. Sixth St. New York 212-473-3665
16 Thurs. 8:15 P.M., BASYA SCHECHTER & AVI FOX-ROSEN KHUMESH-LIDER, Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, 247 West 37th St., 5th Floor, New York 212-889-6800
18 Sat., 8:00 P.M., The Big Bupkis! A Complete Gentile's Guide to Yiddish Vaudeville, Shane Baker, Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, 76th & Amsterdam, 646-505-5708
19 Sun., 3:00 P.M., The Big Bupkis! A Complete Gentile's Guide to Yiddish Vaudeville, Shane Baker, Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, 76th & Amsterdam, 646-505-5708
23 Thurs. 7:00 P.M., Chilidren and War, Debórah Dwork, Cathy A. Frierson YIVO, 15 West 16th Street NYC 212-246-6080
24 Fri. Noon, Di Broder Zinger, forgeyer funem Yidishn teater, Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel, YIVO, 15 West 16th Street NYC 212-246-6080
28 Tues. 3:00 P.M., S. An-sky: Writing the History of Jews in WWI, Polly Zavadivker, YIVO, 15 West 16th Street NYC 212-246-6080
March
18 Sun., 6:00 P.M., East Meets East Concert: Ethiopian singer Alula, Alicia Svigals, et al, in Concert, Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Boulevard, Flushing 917-913-5719
Ongoing Events
Every Sun., 7:00 P.M., Yugntruf Cafe Nana Svives, Columbia University Hillel, NYC 212-889-0381
Every Sun., Morning Brunch, Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, City Winery, NYC 212-608-0555
Every Sun., 10:30 A.M., Mameloshn, New Paltz, 845-255-5371 or 845-664-2423
Every Sun., 11:00 A.M., Yiddish Conversation Club, New City, 845-425-3021
Every Sun., 11:00 A.M. and 12:30 P.M., Yugntruf Yiddish Drop-In, 419 Lafayette St., NYC 212-889-0381
Every Sun., 10:00 A.M. Yiddish Conversation, and Leyenkrayz at 11:00 A.M., New Paltz 914-255-3981
Every Sun., 7:30 P.M., Riverdale Yiddish Leyenkrayz, New York, 718-678-8977
Every Mon., 6:00 P.M., Literary Circle, Shane Baker, Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, NYC 212-889-6800
Mon. 6:30 P.M., 9/19-12/12, Intermediate Yiddish, Paula Teitelbaum, 212-246-6080
Every Mon., 6:30 P.M., Intermediate Yiddish Class, 419 Lafayette St., NYC Beginners
Every Mon., 6:30 P.M., Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC) of NY, Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor, 212-989-0212
Mons., 4:00 P.M., (Meets Irregulalry, Call First) Avrom Kahn Leyenkrayz, NYC 212-369-3856
Every Mon., Noon, Riverdale JC, Riverdale, 718-601-6138
Every Mon., 6:00 P.M., Beginners Yiddish, Nachum Lerner, Advanced Yiddish, Eve Jochnowitz, Workmens Circle, NYC 212-889-6800
Every Mon., 1:00 P.M., Mameloshn Meyvinim, Buffalo, 716-834-7075
Every Tues. 3:00 P.M., Literary Circle, Barney Zumoff, Yiddish/English,Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, NYC 212-889-6800 xt234
Tues. 6:30 P.M., 9/20-12/27, Elementary Yiddish, Itay Zutra, YIVO, 15 West 16th Street NYC 212-246-6080
Every Tues. 11:00 A.M., Beginning Yiddish, Deborah Rothman, JCC of Greater Rochester Rochester 585-461-2000 xt239
Every Tues., 10:30 A.M., Yiddish Group at JCC, Phyllis R. Ross, Albany 518-438-0487
Every Tues. 7:00 P.M., Klezmer Workshop, Jeff Warshauer, Workmen's Circle, NYC 212 889-6800 x 271
Tues., (1st and 3rd) 2:00 P.M., , Astoria, NY, 718-545-3615
Every Tues., 10:30 A.M., Mid-Island JCC Yiddish Vinkle, Plainview, Long Island 516-921-5027
Every Weds., Conversational Yiddish for Beginners, Chaim Werdyger, Teleconference 516-924-7694
Every Wed., 10:00 A.M., Woodstock Yiddish Vinkl, Woodstock, 845-246-4908
Every Wed. 10:30 A.M., Intermediate Yiddish, Deborah Rothman, JCC of Greater Rochester Rochester 585-461-2000 xt239
Every Wed. 10:30 P.M., Advanced Yiddish, Deborah Rothman, JCC of Greater Rochester Rochester 585-461-2000 xt239
Every Wed., 7:00 P.M., Rabbi Steven D. Burton Yiddish Literature Class, Shaarei Shalom, Riverdale 718-796-0305
Every Wed., 8:00 P.M., Marvin Goodman, Conversational Yiddish, Shaarei Shalom, Riverdale 718-796-0305
Wed., 7:30 P.M., (Call, week of the month varies), Dos yidish vort, Great Neck 516-487-9795
Wed., 7:30 P.M., (Call meets irregularly) Shraybkrayz, Yugntruf, NYC 212-865-0600 or 212-663-2069
Thurs. 6:45 P.M., 9/15-12/15, Advanced Yiddish, Hershl Glasser, YIVO, 15 West 16th Street NYC 212-246-6080
Alternate Thurs., 5:30 P.M., Advanced Yiddish Writing Class, Boris Sandler, Office of the Forverts, NYC
Every Thurs., 1:00 P.M., Klub Foroys, NYC, 212-369-3856
Every Thurs., 1:30 P.M., Pleasantville JCC Yiddish Club, Read, Converse, & Sing in Yiddish, Tarrytown 914-631-2198
Every Thurs., 1:30 P.M., Yiddish Tish, Kew Gardens Hills Jewish Center, Kew Gardens Hills 718-263-6500
2nd and 4th Thurs., 6:00 P.M., Buffalo Yiddish Study Group, Buffalo JCC, 716-688-4033
Every Fri., 10:45 A.M., Massry Yiddish Group, Phyllis R. Ross, Albany 518-438-0487
Every Fri., 1:00 P.M., Beth El Synagogue Yiddish Vinkel, New Rochelle, 914-633-7110
1st and 3rd Fri., 11:45 A.M., Penn South Senior Center Yiddish Club, NYC 212-989-7409
Every Other Friday, 10:00 A.M., Undzer Leyenkrayz of RSNS, Plandome 516-466-2519
Every Fri., 12:30 P.M., "A kurioz in der gramatik funem litvishn yidish," Hershl Glezer, YIVO NYC
Yiddish Classes
For further details and to register see the Workmen's Circle website at: http://www.circle.org/yiddishclasses.html
247 West 37th St., 5th Flr., NY, NY 10018
Ph: 212-889-6800
BEGINNERS
Beginners Yiddish (day)
3:00 to 4:30 – Wed.
Instructor: Paula Teitelbaum
Feb. 15 - May 16
Beginners Yiddish (evening)
6:30 to 8:00 – Tues.
Instructor: Paula Teitelbaum
Feb. 14 - May 8
BEGINNERS 2
Beginners 2 Yiddish (day)
1:00 to 2:30 – Wed.
Instructor: Eve Jochnowitz
Feb. 15 - May 16
Beginners 2 Yiddish (evening)
6:30 to 8:00 – Wed.
Instructor: Paula Teitelbaum
Feb. 15 - May 16
ADVANCED BEGINNERS 2
Advanced Beginners 2 Yiddish
6:30 to 8:00 – Thurs.
Instructor: Nikolai Borodulin
Feb. 16 - May 24
INTERMEDIATE 2
Intermediate 2 Yiddish
3:00 to 4:30 – Wed.
Instructor: Eve Jochnowitz
Feb. 15 - May 16
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE
Advanced Intermediate
6:15 to 7:45 – Tues.
Instructor: Nikolai Borodulin
Feb. 14 - May 8
ADVANCED
Advanced Yiddish (day)
3:00 to 4:30 – Mon.
Instructor: Nikolai Borodulin
Feb. 13 - May 14
Advanced Yiddish (day)
1:00 to 2:30 – Thurs.
Instructor: Eve Jochnowitz
Feb. 16 - May 24
YIVO Classes
ELEMENTARY YIDDISH 12 TUESDAYS | 6:30-8:00PM February 7, 14, 21, 28; March 6, 13, 20, 27; April 3, 10, 17, 24 Tuition: $325 / $300 (YIVO members) Instructor: Dr. Itay Zutra (YU)
INTERMEDIATE YIDDISH 11 MONDAYS | 6:30-8:00PM February 6, 13, 27; March 5, 12, 19, 26; April 2, 9, 16, 23 Tuition: $300 / $275 (YIVO members) Instructor: Paula Teitelbaum (YIVO)
ADVANCED YIDDISH 10 THURSDAYS | 6:45-8:15PM February 9, 16, 23; March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; April 19, 26 Tuition: $275 / $250 (YIVO members) Instructor: Dr. Hershl Glasser (YIVO)
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