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Schedule of Yiddish Clubs

The clubs meet weekly and are free unless otherwise noted. Virtual meeting times are all for New York, USA (Eastern time); in-person times are local to the event.

REDN YIDISH MIT ELI SHARFSTEIN – ISRAEL

  • Leader: Eli Sharfstein (אלי שרפשטיין)
  • Meets weekly on Zoom, Mondays and Thursdays Thursday 
  • Conversations feature a special theme 
  • Yiddish proficiency required 
  • Members are permitted to listen and not speak
    Website: https://sites.google.com/view/eli-yiddish

Houston Yiddish Vinkel

ייִדיש אומבאַצױמט – Lexington, Kentucky

  • רפֿאל פֿינקל
  • Contact: raphael@cs.uky.edu
  • Meetings: Tuesdays 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
  • Readings
  • Participants are proficient in Yiddish
  • Yiddish language required

THE TORONTO LEYENKRAYZ OF THE
UJA COMMITTEE FOR YIDDISH – Toronto, Canada


UJA COMMITTEE FOR YIDDISH – Toronto, Canada

FYG: Fishl’s Yiddish Group – San Francisco, California

Leynkrayz – Los Angeles, California

  • Shulem Londner
  • sheldonskee@yahoo.com
  • weekly meetings on Zoom for a small group of participants.
  • To learn about conducting a leyenkrayz and/or to learn about reading materials,
  • contact Shulem Londner. He will advise you.

Katsinze Leynkrayzl Yiddish Club – Roseville / Sacramento, California 

  • Dr. Murray Blatt
  • Melekh.Batt@hotmail.com
  • Mondays (twice a month) 6 pm PT or 9 pm EST for about an hour.
  • Invitation by emails to interested participants
  • Read in Yiddish, discuss in English
  • Level: Predominantly Yiddish
  • Other language spoken:  English

YIVO Yiddish Club – New York

Yiddish bay Nakht – ייִדיש בײַ נאַכט

Yiddishkayt Initiative – South Florida

  • Avi Hoffman
  • avi@yilovejewish.org
  • 3 Yiddish classes weekly (& monthly programs)
  • 12:00pm EST; 2pm EST; 6:30pm EST
  • Discussion and sharing
  • Level: Some Yiddish
  • Other languages spoken: English & Spanish

Weisman Center Yiddish Club – Houston, Texas

  • Meets: “in person” weekly on Friday
    Leaders: Rose Feinberg; Susan Ganc; Steven Lasky
  • Contact: stevenlasky@gmail.com
  • Content: conversation; songs; poems on
  • Friday, 10:00am to 11:30am ET
  • Languages: Yiddish; English
  • “Movie” Friday: classic Yiddish films,
  • 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET
  • No summertime meetings

Yiddish Language Meetup

  • Howard Schoenfeld
  • howardform1@yahoo.com
  • Sundays 7 pm ( we meet once a month)
  • Discussion and sharing
  • Level: Some Yiddish

Zoom Yiddish Reading Group

Jewish Women of the Landing Yiddish Club, USA

  • Melinda Stein
  • tam50@aol.com
  • 4 p.m. 3rd Thursday every other month
  • In-Person
  • Discussion, sharing, films
  • Level: Some Yiddish
  • Yiddish not required to join

Workers Circle of Northern California Yiddish Classes, USA

  • Sharon Wilensky
  • bigwilensky@sonic.net
  • Beginner’s 1:15 – 2:45 pm PT (biweekly, every 2 weeks)
  • Intermediate 3:00 – 4:30 pm PT
  • Online
  • Cultural, progressive Yiddishkeyt
  • Level: Predominantly Yiddish
  • Yiddish not required to join

Yiddish Tish in IWO Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • Silvia Hansman
  • archivos@iwo.org.ar
  • Wednesday 7:00 pm Buenos Aires
  • Online once a month
  • Readings, discussion, sharing
  • Level: Advanced Yiddish

Yiddish Tish – Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • We meet virtually on Zoom
  • Wednesdays 2pm-3:30pm ET (except major Jewish holidays)
  • Elliot H. Gertel aka Ele-Hersh עלע־הערש גערטל
  • egertel@umich.edu

Yiddish World Zumzits – South Africa

  • Online
  • Discussions, Sharing, Songs, Presenters / Speakers
  • Yiddish Only

Cleveland Leyenkreis

  • Online 
  • Readings, discussion / sharing, songs, films 
  • Predominantly Yiddish  Reading is required
  • Yiddish Group has been going strong for 30 years

Allentown PA Yiddish Club

  • Online Weekly Mondays 2:00-3:30pm EST 
  • Share, read and hear songs; jokes, poems, parsha excerpts, short videos 
  • All Levels, Yiddish Proficiency Not Required

Friday Yiddish Shtibl Online – Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Online Fridays at 09h00 CAT (Johannesburg)
  • discussion / sharing, presenters/speakers
  • Litvak Yiddish and Culture
  • Some Yiddish Helpful.  English also spoken

Yiddish Open Mic Cafe – London, England

  • Mindy Liberman
  • yiddishacademy@gmail.com
  • Irregular Sundays on Zoom or Live in London
  • Present or watch songs and readings in Yiddish
  • Yiddish Onscreen