Yiddish Cultural Events Are Happening Everywhere!
YID LIFE CRISIS: VIRTUALLY JEWISH
January 9 at 7:00 pm; Recording available for streaming until February 17th.
Presented by the Neustadt JAAMM Festival of the JCC Denver’s Mizel Arts and Culture Center, a remote comedy show from award-winning Yiddish cultural brand YidLife Crisis.
YIDDISH: A LIVING LANGUAGE
January 12 at 12:00 pm
Hosted by the Boulder JCC. Local educator Lori Lucas presents on the resurgence of the Yiddish language.
Visit this webpage and type "Yiddish" in the search field to bring up this program.
B’NAI HAVURAH EVENTS
Lunch and Learn - YIDDISH SHORT STORIES with Debbie Goodman
February 3, 12:00 pm
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YIDDISH SONGS OF LOVE AND HOPE
January 23, 6:30 pm
Featuring the internationally acclaimed Strauss/Warschauer Duo and Hal and Annie Aqua. Sponsored by the CBG Family Fund.
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THE WORLD OF YIDDISH
January 28, 5:30 pm:
Facilitated by Dr. Madeleine Cohen, Academic Director of the Yiddish Book Center. Sponsored by the Yiddish Book Center and the CBG Family Fund. Click here for more information and registration.
YIDDISH WOMEN WRITERS
February 11, 5:30 pm:
Facilitated by Dr. Madeleine Cohen, and author and translator Ellen Cassedy. Sponsored by the Yiddish Book Center and the CBG Family Fund.
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AN EVENING OF KLEZMER VIOLIN AND ACCORDIAN
February 20, 6:30 pm:
Featuring internationally renowned klezmer musicians Cookie Segelstein and Joshua Horowitz, and Zoe Aqua and Ira Temple. Sponsored by the CBG Family Fund.
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SOME YIDDISH RESOURCES (Some of many—includes events/classes/information)
- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Includes classes for learning the Yiddish language. - Yiddish Book Center
- Yiddish New York
- My Jewish Learning
Here is a very good article on the History of Yiddish
Additional relevant info is also found here
