"Judaism has never been solely a religion to me. It’s a people, a culture, and a religion, kind of like a state of being. It helps me locate myself in the world."
Beginner Yiddish 2nd semester
Wednesday, Mar 03, 2021 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Online, on Zoom
Level 1: Beginner, 2nd Semester | 12 weeks | Starting week of Feb 8 OR Feb. 21
Choose from 5 sections:
Beginning week of Feb. 8:
Wednesday evening (with Chloe Piazza), 7:30 – 9:00pm
Thursday evening (with Chloe), 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Beginning week of Feb. 21:
Sunday evening (with Jonah Sidman), 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Monday evening (with Jonah), 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday afternoon (with Jonah), 4:30pm – 6:00pm
This course is intended for students who have already taken a Beginner, 1st semester course at Boston Workers Circle or newcomers who already know the alef-beys and some basic Yiddish grammar and vocabulary. Continue to learn conversation skills, how to read Yiddish, and elementary grammar. The class will be interactive and lively, using a textbook, songs, games, films and other multi-media materials. Classes taught by Jonah will use Colloquial Yiddish, which you can purchase at the Yiddish Book Center or other on-line sites; classes taught by Chloe will use In Eynem, which you can purchase exclusively at the Yiddish Book Center.
Class size: 5 – 10 students
Instructors: Jonah Sidman or Chloe Piazza (see schedule above)
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Tuition Rates For All Classes
Member: $200 /Non-Member: $265
Young Adults & Low Income
Member: $145 /Non-Member: $200
*No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please contact Sandy, sandy@circleboston.org, if you need financial assistance.
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OUR INSTRUCTORS
Chloe (זיסל) Piazza (they/them) is a PhD student in Near Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley with Designated Emphases in Jewish Studies and Gender and Women's Studies. Before moving to Berkeley, they taught the Alef class at BWC children's Shule. They were a Yiddish Pedagogy fellow at the Yiddish Book Center and are currently a Teaching Fellow at SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva. Their translation of Di Ague, an early Yiddish play by Maria Lerner, is forthcoming in a volume on women on the Yiddish stage from Syracuse University Press. When not in academic drag, they write and perform queer Jewish theatre.
