Preservation of Yiddish Culture

Preservation of Yiddish Culture and Heritage

Сохранение культуры идиша

אָפּהיטן אונדזער ייִדישע קולטור־ירושה

לשמור על תרבות היידיש

Изучение идиша в мире

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Argentina

Argentinian YIVO, Buenos Aires

Online international Yiddish courses at all levels.
https://iwo.org.ar/cursos-seminario-internacional.html

Australia

Sholem Aleichem College, Melbourne

A Yiddish day school for kindergarten and primary school age. Established in 1947.
https://www.sholem.vic.edu.au/

Monash University, Melbourne

Undergraduate studies of Yiddish language and literature
https://handbook.monash.edu/search?q=Yiddish

Austria

University of Vienna

Belgium

University of Antwerp

Free University of Brussels

Yiddish studies on all levels
https://iej.site.ulb.be/fr/yiddish/in-english

Canada

McGill University, Montreal

University of Toronto

Undergraduate courses on Yiddish culture, literature and society.
https://german.utoronto.ca/yiddish-studies/

Committee for Yiddish, Toronto

Online and offline Yiddish classes and programs
https://www.committeeforyiddish.com

Kultura Collective, Toronto

Yiddish Vinkl, Toronto

Free meet-ups for people interested in the Yiddish language and culture
http://www.yiddishvinkl.com/

Peretz Centre, Vancouver

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg

University of Ottawa

China

Peking University, Beijing

Beginner Level Yiddish Studies
https://english.pku.edu.cn/

Germany

University of Potsdam

Courses of Yiddish language, literature and culture
https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/js-rw/institut/jewish-languages/lia-martyn-phd

Salomo Birnbaum Society, Hamburg

Yiddish courses for students with different levels
https://www.birnbaum-gesellschaft.de

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Bachelor and Master programs in Yiddish culture, language and literature
BA program
MA program

University of Trier

Yiddish studies, including a unique program of the historical Western dialects
https://www.uni-trier.de/index.php?id=982

Jewish Adult Education Centre, Frankfurt am Main

Free University of Berlin

Summer Program for Yiddish Language and Literature
http://www.yiddishberlin.com/

Heidelberg University

Beginning, intermediate and advanced Yiddish
https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/study/all-subjects/jewish-studies

France

Paris Yiddish Center

Yiddish courses and programs on various academic levels, offline and online.
https://www.yiddishparis.com
https://cours.yiddish.paris/

Sorbonne University, Paris

National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), Paris

Undergraduate and graduate Yiddish studies
http://www.inalco.fr/langue/yiddish

Hungary

Central European University. Budapest

Beginner and intermediate Yiddish
https://jewishstudies.ceu.edu/

Israel

Leyvik House, Tel Aviv

A leading center for studying Yiddish language, literature and culture.
https://www.leyvik.com

Tel Aviv University

Intensive international summer program of Yiddish studies
https://en-humanities.tau.ac.il/naomiyiddish/

Sholem Aleichem House, Tel Aviv

Yiddish courses on different levels
https://bethshalomaleichem.co.il/

Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan

Japan

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Netherlands

Yiddish Foundation, Amsterdam

Classes of Yiddish language and literature
http://www.stichtingjiddisj.nl/

University of Amsterdam

Bachelor’s level Yiddish courses
https://www.uva.nl/en/

Crescas Center, Amsterdam

Poland

Center for Yiddish Culture, Warsaw

Academic and informal Yiddish studies on many levels
http://jidyszland.pl/en/

Yiddish Culture Center in Warsaw and Łódź

Yiddish courses and international summer Yiddish language and culture seminars
http://shalom.org.pl/en/centrum-kultury-jidysz-2/

University of Wrocław

Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral degrees in Jewish and Yiddish studies
https://judaistyka.en.uni.wroc.pl/

Jagiellonian University, Krakow

University of Warsaw

Russia

Moscow Jewish Community Center

Beginner level Yiddish classes
https://mjcc.ru/news/idish/

Centre for Jewish Studies, European University, St. Petersburg

Yiddish studies on all levels
http://judaica.spb.ru/en/

Jewish Community Centre, St. Petersburg

Beginner level Yiddish studies, lectures for advanced students
http://www.jew.spb.ru/

Lyceum 23, Birobidzhan

Beginner level Yiddish classes for children
http://23-school.ru/

Jewish Cultural Youth Center, Birobidzhan

Beginner level Yiddish classes, cultural events
https://ducek.ru/

Sweden

Lund University

Beginner, intermediate and advanced Yiddish studies
https://www.sol.lu.se/en/jiddisch/

League for Yiddish in Sweden, Stockholm

Yiddish classes, cultural evenings, seminars and lectures
http://www.jiddischforbundet.se/

Switzerland

Institute for Jewish Studes, Basel University

Yiddish studies within the theological course
https://jewishstudies.unibas.ch/

Ukraine

National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv

Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv

United Kingdom

University College London

Elementary and intermediate Yiddish studies, including classes in Yiddish
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/study-abroad-at-ucl/modules/hebr0044/1819

University of Oxford

Undergraduate and graduate Yiddish studies
https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/yiddish

United States

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York

Yiddish courses on several levels, summer and winter programs, lectures and events
https://www.yivo.org/Yiddish

Workers Circle, New York

Offline and online Yiddish classes
https://www.circle.org/

Columbia University, New York

Basic, undergraduate and graduate Yiddish courses
https://germanic.columbia.edu/programs/yiddish

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Beginning and intermediate Yiddish, Yiddish literature
https://germanic.sas.upenn.edu/languages/yiddish

University of Texas at Austin

Basic and intermediate Yiddish, courses in Yiddish literature, theater, film, and culture
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/languages/yiddish.html

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Yiddish language and linguistics
https://courses.cornell.edu

League for Yiddish, New York

Yiddish classes, educational events
https://leagueforyiddish.org/programen.html

Yugntruf, New York

Yiddish immersion programs for advanced students and native speakers
https://yugntruf.org

Yiddish Farm, New Hampton, New York

Yiddish immersion program with fun activities and organic farming
https://yiddishfarm.org

Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Massachusetts

Online Yiddish classes for beginners, series of lectures on Yiddish literature and culture
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org

Gratz College, Melrose Park, Pennsylvania

Basic Yiddish and conversational skills classes
https://www.gratz.edu/academics/degree/continuing-education/hebrew

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Basic and intermediate Yiddish courses
https://judaicstudies.yale.edu/

University of California, Berkeley

Elementary, intermediate and advanced Yiddish studies; graduate programs
https://german.berkeley.edu/yiddish-studies/

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Santa Cruz

Stanford University, California

University of Chicago, Illinois

Beginning, intermediate and advanced Yiddish studies
https://ceeres.uchicago.edu/languages/yiddish

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Elementary, intermediate and advanced Yiddish studies
https://germanic.indiana.edu/undergraduate/yiddish-studies/

University of Kentucky, Lexington

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Basic, intermediate and advanced Yiddish studies
https://krieger.jhu.edu/modern-languages-literatures/hebrew-and-yiddish/

University of Maryland, College Park

Beginners Yiddish
https://jewishstudies.umd.edu/

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

New York University, Manhattan

Yiddish on all levels, mainly for PhD students
https://guides.nyu.edu/yiddishstudies

Ohio State University, Columbus

Undergraduate Yiddish studies
https://germanic.osu.edu/yiddish-ashkenazic

Seattle Central College, Washington

Elementary and intermediate Yiddish studies
https://ce.seattlecentral.edu/category/language-academy/yiddish