Yiddish Studies Across the World

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.

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