“My task is not to debate whether I’m a Jew or not, but to figure out what kind of Jew I am. For me, finding a secular Jewish community with progressive politics fits my version of that identity.”

Level 3: Intermediate | 12 weeks | Starts February 9
Tuesday evenings, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Students will build on their knowledge of Yiddish through conversation, reading annotated prose and poetry, further exploring Yiddish grammar (including more advanced verb forms and sentence structures), and diving into the wide world of Yiddish music and culture, integrating both modern day and historical content. The focus will be on continuing to read an abridged and annotated version of Motl Peyse dem Khasns by Sholem Aleichem, which you can purchase on-line at websites for The Yiddish League, The Yiddish Book Center or Amazon.
Target level: This is a continuation of our fall 2020 Intermediate class. New students who are motivated to read Yiddish beyond basic texts with the help of a dictionary and have some experience speaking Yiddish within or outside of a classroom setting are welcome to join.
Class Size: 5-12 students
Instructor: Abby Howell
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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.
OUR INSTRUCTORS
Abby Howell learned to speak Yiddish while she was a student at the University of Texas at Austin, and continued her study at the National Yiddish Book Center's summer internship program, at YIVO's intensive Weinreich Summer Program in New York, and at the Boston Workers Circle. Abby has a M.Ed. in Education of the Deaf from Boston University, and is currently a software engineer at Wistia. This is her fifth year teaching Yiddish at the Boston Workers Circle.
6 Webster St. Brookline, MA 02446 • 617-566-6281 • info@circleboston.org
An affiliate of The Workmen's Circle / Arbeter Ring