Tag: Yiddish Education

Yiddishland California, a cultural center and museum in La Jolla, California, dedicated to promoting Yiddish language and culture, is in danger of losing its location due to a rent increase and increased security costs after a spike in antisemitism.
Chava Lapin, a renowned Yiddish teacher and scholar, passed away at the age of 89.
Dovid Braun, a linguist and Yiddish instructor, has been appointed as the Academic Advisor in Yiddish Language, Pedagogy, and Linguistics at the Max Weinreich Center at YIVO.
The author reflects on her childhood experiences with Yiddish, hearing it spoken by her grandparents but feeling disconnected from it.
The Yiddish community in Melbourne, Australia has thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Kadimah Yiddish Theatre creating Shakespeare monologues in Yiddish and Yiddish language classes seeing increased attendance.
The article discusses the history of Jewish education in America, focusing on the development of secular Yiddish schools from 1917 to 1950.