The Naomi Prawer Kadar International Yiddish Summer Program, which has successfully been training students for several years at the Tel Aviv University, is now registering new paticipants for the upcoming study season. This year, the studies will take place on the university’s campus, starting from July 5 to August 1.
This list may be incomplete. Please inform us about active academic or informal Yiddish study programs for children or adults that are not listed below.
| Online international Yiddish courses at all levels. |
| https://iwo.org.ar/cursos-seminario-internacional.html |
| A Yiddish day school for kindergarten and primary school age. Established in 1947. |
| https://www.sholem.vic.edu.au/ |
| Undergraduate studies of Yiddish language and literature |
| https://handbook.monash.edu/search?q=Yiddish |
| Beginners Yiddish |
| https://yiddish-laboratory.univie.ac.at/ |
| Beginners and intermediate Yiddish |
| https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/ijs/courses/yiddish/ |
| Yiddish studies on all levels |
| https://iej.site.ulb.be/fr/yiddish/in-english |
| Undergraduate Yiddish studies. |
| https://www.mcgill.ca/jewishstudies/undergraduates/langseries |
| Undergraduate courses on Yiddish culture, literature and society. |
| https://german.utoronto.ca/yiddish-studies/ |
| Online and offline Yiddish classes and programs |
| https://www.committeeforyiddish.com |
| Online Yiddish classes |
| https://www.kulturacollective.com/event/online-yiddish-classes/ |
| Free meet-ups for people interested in the Yiddish language and culture |
| http://www.yiddishvinkl.com/ |
| Yiddish classes for beginners |
| https://peretz-centre.org/yiddish-language-classes/ |
| Elementary and intermediate Yiddish |
| https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/german_and_slavic/yiddish/ |
| Beginners Yiddish |
| https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/courses/ydd/ |
| Beginner Level Yiddish Studies |
| https://english.pku.edu.cn/ |
| Courses of Yiddish language, literature and culture |
| https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/js-rw/institut/jewish-languages/lia-martyn-phd |
| Yiddish courses for students with different levels |
| https://www.birnbaum-gesellschaft.de |
| Bachelor and Master programs in Yiddish culture, language and literature |
| BA program |
| MA program |
| Yiddish studies, including a unique program of the historical Western dialects |
| https://www.uni-trier.de/index.php?id=982 |
| Yiddish classes for adults |
| https://jg-ffm.de/en/culture-development/jewish-adult-education-centre |
| Summer Program for Yiddish Language and Literature |
| http://www.yiddishberlin.com/ |
| Beginning, intermediate and advanced Yiddish |
| https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/study/all-subjects/jewish-studies |
| Beginning, intermediate and advanced Yiddish |
| https://www.uni-regensburg.de/sprache-literatur-kultur/slavistik/institut/slavisch-juedische-studien/hanan-bordin/index.html |
| Yiddish courses and programs on various academic levels, offline and online. |
| https://www.yiddishparis.com |
| https://cours.yiddish.paris/ |
| Undergraduate and graduate Yiddish studies |
| https://lettres.sorbonne-universite.fr/faculte-des-lettres/ufr/ufr-etudes-germaniques-et-nordiques |
| Undergraduate and graduate Yiddish studies |
| http://www.inalco.fr/langue/yiddish |
| Beginner and intermediate Yiddish |
| https://jewishstudies.ceu.edu/ |
| A leading center for studying Yiddish language, literature and culture. |
| https://www.leyvik.com |
| Intensive international summer program of Yiddish studies |
| https://en-humanities.tau.ac.il/naomiyiddish/ |
| Yiddish courses on different levels |
| https://bethshalomaleichem.co.il/ |
| M.A. in Yiddish Studies |
| http://yiddish-sources.com/hebrew-university-department-yiddish |
| Yiddish classes: four levels |
| https://hebrew-literature.biu.ac.il/en/node/1901 |
| Beginner Yiddish |
| http://www.tufs.ac.jp/english/ |
| Classes of Yiddish language and literature |
| http://www.stichtingjiddisj.nl/ |
| Bachelor’s level Yiddish courses |
| https://www.uva.nl/en/ |
| Online Yiddish courses |
| https://www.crescas.nl/cursussen/digi:1oz/Jiddisj/ |
| Academic and informal Yiddish studies on many levels |
| http://jidyszland.pl/en/ |
| Yiddish courses and international summer Yiddish language and culture seminars |
| http://shalom.org.pl/en/centrum-kultury-jidysz-2/ |
| Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral degrees in Jewish and Yiddish studies |
| https://judaistyka.en.uni.wroc.pl/ |
| Jewish and Yiddish studies |
| https://studia.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/kierunki/whist/judaistyka |
| Elementary and advanced Yiddish |
| http://informatorects.uw.edu.pl/en/programmes-all/JS/ |
| Beginner level Yiddish classes |
| https://mjcc.ru/news/idish/ |
| Yiddish studies on all levels |
| http://judaica.spb.ru/en/ |
| Beginner level Yiddish studies, lectures for advanced students |
| http://www.jew.spb.ru/ |
| Beginner level Yiddish classes for children |
| http://23-school.ru/ |
| Beginner level Yiddish classes, cultural events |
| https://ducek.ru/ |
| Beginner, intermediate and advanced Yiddish studies |
| https://www.sol.lu.se/en/jiddisch/ |
| Yiddish classes, cultural evenings, seminars and lectures |
| http://www.jiddischforbundet.se/ |
| Yiddish studies within the theological course |
| https://jewishstudies.unibas.ch/ |
| Elementary and advanced Yiddish |
| https://www.ukma.edu.ua/eng/index.php/news/359-jewish-studies-at-the-kyiv-mohyla-academy |
| Elementary and advanced Yiddish |
| https://www.lvivcenter.org/en/organization/jewish-studies-ucu/ |
| Elementary and intermediate Yiddish studies, including classes in Yiddish |
| https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/study-abroad-at-ucl/modules/hebr0044/1819 |
| Undergraduate and graduate Yiddish studies |
| https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/yiddish |
| Yiddish courses on several levels, summer and winter programs, lectures and events |
| https://www.yivo.org/Yiddish |
| Offline and online Yiddish classes |
| https://www.circle.org/ |
| Basic, undergraduate and graduate Yiddish courses |
| https://germanic.columbia.edu/programs/yiddish |
| Beginning and intermediate Yiddish, Yiddish literature |
| https://germanic.sas.upenn.edu/languages/yiddish |
| Yiddish studies on all levels |
| https://jewishstudies.bard.edu/yivo/ |
| Yiddish immersion program with fun activities and organic farming |
| https://yiddishfarm.org |
| Yiddish classes, educational events |
| https://leagueforyiddish.org/programen.html |
| Online Yiddish classes for beginners, series of lectures on Yiddish literature and culture |
| https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org |
| Yiddish immersion programs for advanced students and native speakers |
| https://yugntruf.org |
| Yiddish language and linguistics |
| https://courses.cornell.edu |
| Basic Yiddish courses |
| https://catalog.ucsc.edu/Current/General-Catalog/Courses/YIDD-Yiddish |
| Beginning and intermediate Yiddish |
| https://www.brandeis.edu/near-eastern-judaic/undergraduate/minors-language.html |
| Basic Yiddish courses |
| https://jewishstudies.stanford.edu/resources/yiddish-stanford |
| Basic and intermediate Yiddish courses |
| https://judaicstudies.yale.edu/ |
| Elementary, intermediate and advanced Yiddish studies; graduate programs |
| https://german.berkeley.edu/yiddish-studies/ |
| Beginning Yiddish |
| https://elts.ucla.edu/undergraduate/languages/yiddish/ |
| Basic Yiddish and conversational skills classes |
| https://www.gratz.edu/academics/degree/continuing-education/hebrew |
| Beginning, intermediate and advanced Yiddish studies |
| https://ceeres.uchicago.edu/languages/yiddish |
| Beginners Yiddish |
| https://www.umass.edu/jne/node/869 |
| Undergraduate Yiddish studies |
| https://lsa.umich.edu/german/undergraduate-students/yiddish-studies.html |
| Basic and intermediate Yiddish, courses in Yiddish literature, theater, film, and culture |
| https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/languages/yiddish.html |
| Basic Yiddish |
| https://jewishstudies.as.uky.edu/ |
| Basic, intermediate and advanced Yiddish studies |
| https://krieger.jhu.edu/modern-languages-literatures/hebrew-and-yiddish/ |
| Beginners Yiddish |
| https://jewishstudies.umd.edu/ |
| Elementary, intermediate and advanced Yiddish studies |
| https://germanic.indiana.edu/undergraduate/yiddish-studies/ |
| Basic and advanced Yiddish courses |
| https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/academics/languages/yiddish/ |
| Undergraduate Yiddish studies |
| https://germanic.osu.edu/yiddish-ashkenazic |
| Yiddish on all levels, mainly for PhD students |
| https://guides.nyu.edu/yiddishstudies |
| Elementary and intermediate Yiddish studies |
| http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/schools/socialsciences/departments/judaic/undergraduate/courses_u.php?sch=n&div=U&disc=YIDM.&department=52&dept_id=89 |
| Elementary and intermediate Yiddish studies |
| https://ce.seattlecentral.edu/category/language-academy/yiddish |
At the beginning of February 2023, the Yiddish Forward newspaper in New York launched a new supplement: a global calendar of events, primarily lectures, concerts and conferences, held in Yiddish or directly related to this language. The materials in the calendar are published primarily in English (sometimes in Yiddish) and mainly address English-speaking audiences. It briefly describes future events for several months in advance.
The Yiddish Forward is the oldest Yiddish publication still in existence, established in 1897. Since 2019, it ceased its paper publication and has been operating as a Yiddish supplement to the Forward newspaper, an English publication based in New York (also online only since 2019).
The Workers’ Circle (Der Arbeter Ring) has started enrolling participants in its online spring course of klezmer music and Yiddish songs. Starting from February 27, the Zoom classes will be held for 10 weeks. Participants will have the opportunity to choose between several workshops during the course. The main working language will be English.
The New York branch of the Workers’ Circle (Der Arbeter Ring) announced the registration for the spring courses of video lectures for Yiddish speakers and advanced students. The online classes will be held in Yiddish, starting from the end of February and will continue until June. The program will cover such diverse subjects as the grammar of literary Yiddish, the history of Yiddish literature and theater, and practical advice on writing literary texts in this language. Lecturers invited come from the USA, Israel, France and Argentina. Future participants are welcome to sign up on the organization’s website.
The Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies at the Toronto University announces registration for a two-days program of online events focusing on the future development of Yiddish and scientific research of this language. The program will take place on February 19 and 20. According to the organizers, the main target audience are graduate students, advanced undergraduates and early career professionals who will get an opportunity to look toward the future of Yiddish and Yiddish Studies, to participate in interactive workshops and moderated paper panels.
The organization Farbindungen, which means “Connections” in Yiddish, was established in 2022. Its first winter conference focused on international team work of scholars and other creative personalities whose activities are related to the Yiddish language. The schedule of the upcoming program has been posted on the Farbindungen website.