Major U.S./Canadian Yiddish Events | International Yiddish Events
| American Association of Yiddish Professors | Joseph C. Landis | 48 Eastwood Lane, Valley Stream, NY 11581 | landisaappy@verizon.net | 12/27-30, 2008 | |
| ASHKENAZ | Karen Tisch | 455 Spadina Ave. Ste. 303, Toronto. Canada M5S 2G8 | 416-979-9901 | info@ashkenazfestival.com | 8/26-9/1 2008 |
| Berkeley Yiddish Conference | Yael Chaver | 1443 Milvia St. Berkeley, CA 94709 | 510-643-2995 | ychaver@socrates.berkeley.edu | 5/22-23, 2006 |
| Charlotte Yid. Inst. | Baila Pransky | 6426 Green Cove Dr. Charlotte, NC 28270 | 704-366-5564 | johnbaila@aol.com | 8/14-17 2008 |
| JCC Chicago Yid. Inst. | Helen Schechtman | 9560 Gross Pt. #606B Skokie, IL 60076 | 847-674-0001 | hschechtman@comcast.net | 9/4-7, 2008 |
| Dora Teitelboim Foundation | David Weintraub | POB 14-0820 Coral Gables, FL 33114 | 305-774-9244 | info@yiddishculture.org | Ongoing |
| Fishl Kutner | 1128 Tanglewood Way San Matoe, CA 94403 |
650-349-6946 | fishl@derbay.org | 10/24-27, 2008 |
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| KlezCalifornia | Julie Eggers | 415-789-7679 | info@klezcalifornia.org | 1/6-7, 2007 | |
| KlezKamp | Henry Sapoznik | 45 E. 33rd St Level B, NY, NY 10016 | 212-532-8202
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info@livingtraditions.org | 12/21-26/2008 |
| KlezKamp Roadshow | Henry Sapoznik | 45 E. 33rd St Level B, NY, NY 10016 | 212-532-8202
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info@livingtraditions.org | 7/30-8/6 2008 |
| KlezKanada | Dr. Hy Goldman | 5589 Queen Mary Rd. Hampstead, PQ H3X 1W6 CANADA | 514-489-9014 | shgoldman@sympatico.ca | 8/18-24, 2008 |
| Klezmerquerque 2008 | Beth Cohen | 707 Arno St. SE Albuquerque, NM | 505-343-8227 | cohenedmunds@netzero.net | 2/15-17, 2008 |
| No. American Jewish Choral Festival | Mathew Lazar | 120 Riverside Dr. Ste. 1Y NY, NY 10024 | 212-362-3335 | ZamirFdn@aol.com | 7/13-17, 2008 |
| NYBC | Aaron Lansky | NYBC 1021 West St. Amherst, MA 01002 | 800-535-3595 xt 112 | hlewin@bikher.org | Year-Around |
| Calif. Inst. for Yid. Culture & Language | Miriam Koral | Calif. Inst. for Yiddish 333 Wash. Blvd., #118 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 | 310-745-1190 |
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12/15-16, 2007 |
| Workmen's Circle/JCE | Lucy Rauch | 45 E. 33rd St. New York, NY 10016 | 800-922-2558 xt203 | www.circle.org/jewish-community.html#circlelodge | 7/4-8/15, 2008 |
| Yiddishkayt L.A. | Aaron Paley | 3780 Wilshire Blvd #910 Los Angeles, CA 90010 | 213-389-8880 | yiddishkayt@yiddishkaytla.org | Year-Around |
| Univ. of Ottawa Yiddish Program | Rebecca Margolis | Univ. of Ottawa, Inst of Canadian Studies, 52 Univ. #205 Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 | 613-562-5800 #2955 | rmargoli@uOttawa.ca | 5/1-6/13, 2008 |
| YIVO | Hershl Glasser | 15 W 16th St, NYC | 212-294 6138 | yivoyiddish@yivo.cjh.org | 6/30-8/8, 2008 |
| Yugntruf Yiddish Vokh | 45 E. 33rd St. Rm. 203 New York, NY 10016 | 212-889-0381 | yvokh@yugntruf.org | 8/20-26, 2008 |
International Kalendar of Major Events
| Date | Conference/Convention/Institute | Location | Phone |
| August 19-24, 2007 | Ot Azoy, Yiddish Crash Course | London, England | 020-8909-2445 |
| August 12-17 , 2007 | KlezFest London 2007 | London, England | 020-8909-2445 |
| June 24 - July 19, 2007 | Tel Aviv Yiddish Summer Program
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Tel Aviv, Israel | 800-665-9828 |
| June 29-July 10, 2008 | Intl. Advanced Seminar in Yiddish Studies | Tel Aviv, Israel | 972-3-6407805 |
| July 8-12, 2007 | Klezfest St. Petersburg 2007 | St. Petersburg, Russia | NY 1-212- 273-1642 |
| Aug. 13-30, 2007 | Summer Yiddish Program | Birobidzhan | |
| May 6-20, 2005 | Vilnius Teacher Seminar | Vilna, Lithuania | 011 370 5 2687 187 |
| July 27-Aug. 22 2008 | Vilnius Program in Yiddish | Vilna, Lithuania | 011 370 5 2687 187 |
| May 2-4, 2008 | Sof Vokh Oystralye | Melbourne, Australia | 61-3-596-5718 |
| Aug. 21-25, 2005 | Klezfest in Ukraine - 2005 | Kiev, Ukraine | (044) 248-3670 |
| Dec. 1-3, 2008 | Heidelberg International Conference in Modern Yiddish Studies | Heidelberg, Germany | |
| Sept. 22-24, 2008 | Eleventh Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany | Dusseldorf, Germany | 44/(0)651-201-2325 |
| 7/10-8/ 15, 2008 | Yiddish Summer Weimar | Weimar, Germany | +49 (0)3643 808585 |
| Aug. 6-17, 2007 | Summer Yiddish Course in Strasbourg | Strasbourg, France | 33 3 69 57 43 37 |
| July 6-10, 2006 | Klezmer 2006 | Paris, France | 33 (0)1 47 00 14 00 |
| July 10-28, 2006 | Seminar in Yiddish Language and Literature | Paris, France | 33 (0)1 47 00 14 00 |
| Aug. 13-18 2006 | International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies | New York City | |
| Nov. 6-8, 2006 | Yiddish Culture in the Postwar Era in Communist Countries |
Krakow, Poland | +0048 12 633 50 78 |
| Nov 25-26, 2007 | Mandelbaum Conference on Yiddish Studies | Sydney, Australia | +612-9351-6670 |
| Dec. 9-11, 2005 | Yiddish
as a Medium of Cultural Transferences |
Vienna, Austria |
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