IAYC Aims and Purposes

AIMS AND PURPOSES OF THE IAYC

The International Association of Yiddish Clubs

BENEFITS OF BELONGING TO IAYC

To take Yiddish out of isolation, unite, and give it a strong international voice. The IAYC conferences has been and will continue to be a source of interaction for groups, from meeting like-minded people to hearing and meeting the best resource people, be they writers, scholars, teachers, musicians, actors singers, or organizers.
To access and arrange inter-city touring groups, speakers, singers, theatre groups etc., through existing newsletters or the electronic media.
To have Yiddish benefit from such alliances.

MISSION

To provide a global perspective and network for Yiddish groups -- large or small.
To exchange educational and cultural materials.
To experience a sense of unity while striving to keep our language, literature, and culture alive and well into the new millennium.

VISION

To access all groups, be they leyenkrayzn, shmooz-grupes, shtudir, choral, choirs, large or small clubs, classes from kindergarten, elementary, secondary, post secondary to adult, to make them aware of their rich heritage.
To become a clearinghouse for educational and program materials.
To encourage and initiate research of existing or new material be it educational, music, art or literature and make it available to the clubs.
To encourage new writers by giving them a forum in our newsletters or local papers that has a Yiddish column.
To encourage the formation of new groups wherever possible, be they large or small
To encourage groups to issue newsletters even if only once or twice a year.
To lobby Holocaust committees to include Yiddish in their memorial programs.
To encourage younger people to take classes, wherever available, or form them. To those who are already learning the language, encourage them to explore their Ashkenazic roots through history, music and literature-- the history and literature in translation, if necessary.
To lobby Jewish schools to include Yiddish classes in their curriculum.
To lobby universities to include Yiddish in their Jewish Studies Program.

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