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SUMMARY:farbreng:boston - makhn zhetonen
DESCRIPTION:װאָס: מאַכן זשעטאָנעןװען: שבת\, דעם 13טן דעצעמבער\, 3:00־5:00װוּ: באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער־רינג\, 6 װעבסטער גאַס\, ברוקלײַן \nלאָמיר מאַכן קונסט און רעדן ייִדיש צוזאַמען! מיר װעלן מאַכן זשעטאָנען מיט מאַרקירערס\, קלעפּצעטלעך און אַנדערע מאַטעריאַלן. מע קען צײכענען אַ שטיקל קונסט\, שרײַבן אַ ייִדישע פֿראַזע ־ עפּעס קאָמישס\, עפּעס פּאָליטישס\, אײַערע פּראָנאָמען ־ אָדער שאַפֿן װאָס מע װיל. מיר װעלן האָבן מאַרקירערס און קלעפּצעטלעך\, אָבער אָנטײלנעמערס זײַנען אויך פֿאַרבעטן מיטצוברענגען נאָך מאַטעריאַלן. האָט איר שוין ליב צו שטריקן\, העקלען\, העפֿטן אָדער עפּעס ענלעכס? איר זײַט אויך פֿאַרבעטן מיטצוברענגען אַן אײגענעם פּראָיעקט \nדי פּראָגראַם איז אַ צוזאַמען־אַרבעט פֿונעם באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער־רינג און פֿאַרברענג:באָסטאָן\, אַ יוגנטרוף־פּראָיעקט װאָס שאַפֿט געלעגנהײטן צו רעדן און פֿאַרברענגען אויף ייִדיש פּנים־אל־פּנים אַ גאַנץ קײַלעכדיק יאָר \nVos: Makhn zhetonenVen: Shabes\, dem 13tn detsember\, 3:00-5:00Vu: Bostoner Arbeter-Ring\, 6 Webster St. in Brookline \nLomir makhn kunst un redn yidish tsuzamen! Mir veln makhn zhetonen (buttons) mit markirers\, kleptsetlekh (stickers)\, un andere materyaln. Me ken tseykhenen a shtikl kunst\, shraybn a yidishe fraze ־ epes komishs\, epes politishs\, ayere pronomen – oder shafn vos me vil. Mir veln hobn markirers un kleptsetlekh\, ober onteylnemers zaynen oykh farbetn mittsubrengen nokh materyaln. (Hot ir shoyn lib tsu shtrikn\, heklen\, heftn\, oder epes azoyns? Ir zayt oykh farbetn mittsubrengen an eygenem proyekt.) \nDi program iz a tsuzamen-arbet funem bostoner arbeter-ring un farbreng:boston\, a yugntruf-proyekt vos shaft gelegnheytn tsu redn un farbrengen af yidish ponem-al-ponem a gants kaylekhdik yor. \nFarbreng:boston is a Yiddish-language immersion program where we gather together informally to speak in Yiddish. For most of our community members\, if we want a Yiddish-speaking environment\, we have to proactively create one—so that’s what we’re doing! Here are some guidelines for being part of a language-immersion activity. \nAsking how to say something? Perfectly fine; we do this all the time. Tossing in a short English word or phrase—especially an idiom or quote—while keeping the conversation in Yiddish? Common among American Yiddish speakers and also perfectly fine. However\, we ask participants to avoid telling anecdotes or otherwise speaking in English for an extended period of time. Conversing in English disrupts the Yiddish-language environment\, and it takes away learning opportunities for students. Yiddish speakers and students at all levels are welcome at farbreng. It’s normal to feel nervous about your Yiddish\, but we applaud and encourage all students and speakers to use Yiddish. If you have any questions about the program\, please write to us at farbreng-boston@yugntruf.org \nRegister here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/farbrengboston-makhn-zhetonen/
LOCATION:BWC Building
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Special Events
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SUMMARY:CANCELED farbreng:boston--kokhn mit Ozzy un Ariel
DESCRIPTION:פֿאַרברענג:באָסטאָן ־ קאָכן מיט עזריאל און אריאלדימסטיק\, דעם 11טן נאָװעמבער\, 4:00 באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער־רינג בנין\, 6 װעבשטער גאַס\, ברוקלײַן \nלאָמיר קאָכן אַ ייִדישן מאכל צוזאַמען! אין דער פּראָגראַם\, װעלן עזריאל (אַזי) גאָלד־שאַפּיראָ און אריאל שאַפּיראָ אונדז לערנען אַ רעצעפּט פֿאַר קרעפּלעך\, און מיר װעלן קאָכן אַ זופּ צוזאַמען. די גאַנכע פּראָגראַם צעט זײַן אויף ייִדיש\, און מיר װעלן האָבן געלעגנהײטן צו פֿאַרברענגען\, שמועסן\, און אפֿשר זינגען אַ פּאָר לידער \nדי פּראָגראַם איז אַ צוזאַמען־אַרבעט פֿונעם באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער־רינג און פֿאַרברענג:באָסטאָן\, אַ יוגנטרוף־פּראָיעקט װאָס שאַפֿט געלעגנהײטן צו רעדן און פֿאַרברענגען אויף ייִדיש פּנים־אל־פּנים אַ גאַנץ קײַלעכדיק יאָר \nfarbreng:boston – kokhn mit Ozzy un Arieldinstik\, dem 11tn november\, 4:00bostoner arbeter-ring binyen\, 6 Webster gas\, Brookline \nLomir kokhn a yidishn maykhl tsuzamen! In der program\, veln Ozzy Gold-Shapiro un Ariel Shapiro undz lernen a retsept far kreplakh\, un mir veln kokhn a zup tsuzamen. Di gantse program vet zayn af yidish\, un mir veln hobn gelegnheytn tsu farbrengen\, shmuesn\, un efsher zingen a por lider. \nDi program kumt for dinstik dem 11tn november 4:00 in bostoner arbeter-ring binyen\, 6 Webster gas in Brookline. Zayt azoy gut un farshraybt zikh tomer hot ir bedeye tsu kumen\, kdey mir zoln visn vifl ingredentn tsu brengen. \nFarbreng:boston is a Yiddish-language immersion program where we gather together informally to speak in Yiddish. For most of our community members\, if we want a Yiddish-speaking environment\, we have to proactively create one—so that’s what we’re doing! Here are some guidelines for being part of a language-immersion activity. \nAsking how to say something? Perfectly fine; we do this all the time. Tossing in a short English word or phrase—especially an idiom or quote—while keeping the conversation in Yiddish? Common among American Yiddish speakers and also perfectly fine. However\, we ask participants to avoid telling anecdotes or otherwise speaking in English for an extended period of time. Conversing in English disrupts the Yiddish-language environment\, and it takes away learning opportunities for students. Yiddish speakers and students at all levels are welcome at farbreng. It’s normal to feel nervous about your Yiddish\, but we applaud and encourage all students and speakers to use Yiddish. If you have any questions about the program\, please write to us at farbreng-boston@yugntruf.orgRegister here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/farbrengboston-kokhn-mit-ozzy-un-ariel/
LOCATION:BWC Building
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Special Events
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SUMMARY:An Evening of New Yiddish Movement Songs with A Glezele Tey
DESCRIPTION:Join Western Mass klezmer trio A Glezele Tey for An Evening of New Yiddish Movement Songs at the Burren on Wednesday\, November 5th.  \nDate: November 5th \nLocation: The Burren Backroom (Somerville) \nTime: Doors 6pm / Show 7pm \nTickets: Purchase here. (If a discounted ticket would make it possible for you to attend\, feel free to use discount code: 24HOUR or KLEZ4LESS) \nMore about A Glezele Tey! \nFeaturing original tkhines (traditional Ashkenazi prayers centering the experiences of women\, trans\, and gender non-conforming people\, set to new melodies) and new Yiddish movement songs of grief\, defiance\, collective care\, and liberation – this music welcomes you to our tish (kitchen table) for a glezele tey (a little glass of tea)\, warming you from the inside as we share in our joys\, sorrows\, and dreams for a frayer velt—a freer world. \nA Glezele Tey is Ariel Shapiro (accordion\, vocals)\, Rachel Leader (fiddle)\, and Richie Barshay (percussion\, vocals)\, with special hometown guest Kirsten Lamb (bass\, vocals).
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/an-evening-of-new-yiddish-movement-songs-with-a-glezele-tey/
LOCATION:The Burren\, 247 Elm St\, Somerville\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Special Events
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Ladino & Yiddish Song
DESCRIPTION:Join Yasmin Garfunkel (soprano) and Silvia Gerszkowicz (piano) from Buenos Aires\, Argentina\, for a concert celebrating the beauty of Sephardic songs with a special selection of songs in Yiddish. Don’t miss this poetic and musical journey! The concert will take place on Saturday\, October 25 from 7:30 – 8:30pm at the BWC Building located at 6 Webster Street in Brookline. Register here. \nThe suggested price for this event is $20 per person\, though all BWC events are pay what you can. Please use this form to pay for your tickets. Choose “Yiddish Committee/Events” on the question that asks what event you participated in. \nAbout the artists:Silvia B. Gerszkowicz: Pianist from Buenos Aires\, Argentina\, she has lived in Boston\, MA for almost 20 years. She studied piano with Haydée Schvartz and with “Mono” Fontana. Master un History and Aesthetics of Music from CEAMC\, she published several articles in the Musicology Magazine by Instituto Nacional del Litoral and an article published in a book by Gourmet Musical. She worked as Notorious Artistic Director\, and participated in “Lunfardos” together with Federico Zypce (composer and actor)\, and with Antonio Gasalla (actor). In the US\, she performed in several musical projects for kids at the MA public library brunches. She is currently the pianist and director of “Romanzas Sefaradíes”\, her project together with Yasmin Garfunkel (soprano) and Sami Abadi (violin). \nYasmin Garfunkel is an Argentine singer\, teacher\, and researcher specializing in Yiddish language and culture. She has given concerts\, lectures\, and workshops in Buenos Aires\, Rio de Janeiro\, Mexico City\, and Tel Aviv. She is a member of the piano\, flute\, and voice trio “Garfunkel-Garber-Brenlle”\, as well as the band Peretz Garcik\, dedicated to the performance and composition of klezmer music and songs (in) Yiddish. Within the framework of the Area of Research in Performing Arts and Judaism (JADE)\, together with Dr. Silvia Glocer\, she carries out the project “Sounding the Archives”\, which seeks to perform and preserve the music of Jewish European immigrants who arrived in Argentina during the 20th century\, which has never been recorded before. She translated from Spanish into Yiddish the anthology “La lengua en filigrana”\, curated by Karina Lerman\, which gathers poems by twelve contemporary Jewish-Latin American women authors. She is currently part of the trio “Romanzas Sefaradíes”\, next to Silvia Gerszkowicz (piano) and Sami Abadi (violin).
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/an-evening-of-ladino-yiddish-song/
LOCATION:BWC Building
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Special Events
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SUMMARY:Ira Khonen Temple Record Release Show
DESCRIPTION:Ira Khonen Temple Record Release ShowFeaturing Zoë Aqua and Raffi BodenCome to hear this newly translated collection of traditional Yiddish songs\, reimagined and expanded in English by Ira. This is where queer\, trans songwriting meets the urgent\, living breath of Yiddish culture. From Transylvanian dance music to protest poetry from the lost Jewish capitals of Europe\, these songs hold grief\, joy\, and radical defiance. \nIra says: “These songs we’ve inherited—about heartbreak\, about rebellion—they’re not meant to sit behind glass. They need us. They need to be sung.” A singer and tradition-bearer in the modern Yiddish revival\, Ira brings us into a soundscape where language and legacy breathe again\, not just as nostalgia\, but as cultural survival. \nGet your tickets here. Discount for Workers Circle members and friends: 24HOUR \nPre-view the album here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/ira-khonen-temple-record-release-show/
LOCATION:The Burren\, 247 Elm St\, Somerville\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Special Events
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SUMMARY:farbreng:boston piknik in park
DESCRIPTION:לאָמיר פֿאַרברענגען צוזאַמען אויף אַ פּיקניק. מיר װעלן זיך טרעפֿן שבת\, דעם 27טן סעפּטעמבער\, 3:00 נ״מ אויף דער לאָנקע פֿון קײמברידזשער ביבליאָטעק. דער אַדרעס פֿון ביבליאָטעק איז 449 בראָדװײ\, אין קײמברידזש. אַלע זײַנען פֿאַרבעטן צו ברענגען נאַשן און פֿאַרברענגען צוזאַמען אויף ייִדיש \nדי פּראָגראַם איז אַ צוזאַמען־אַרבעט פֿונעם באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער־רינג און פֿאַרברענג:באָסטאָן\, אַ יוגנטרוף־פּראָיעקט װאָס שאַפֿט געלעגנהײטן צו רעדן און פֿאַרברענגען אויף ייִדיש פּנים־אל־פּנים אַ גאַנץ קײַלעכדיק יאָר \nLomir farbrengen tsuzamen af a piknik. Mir veln zikh trefn shabes\, dem 27stn september\, 3:00 n”m af der lonke fun keymbridzher biblyotek. Der adres fun biblyotek iz 449 Broadway in Cambridge. Ale zaynen farbetn tsu brengen nashn un farbrengen tsuzamen af yidish. \nDi program iz a tsuzamen-arbet funem bostoner arbeter-ring un farbreng:boston\, a yugntruf-proyekt vos shaft gelegnheytn tsu redn un farbrengen af yidish ponem-al-ponem a gants kaylekhdik yor. \nRain location: BWC building \nRegister here. \nFarbreng:boston is a Yiddish-language immersion program where we gather together informally to speak in Yiddish. For most of our community members\, if we want a Yiddish-speaking environment\, we have to proactively create one—so that’s what we’re doing! Here are some guidelines for being part of a language-immersion activity. \nAsking how to say something? Perfectly fine; we do this all the time. Tossing in a short English word or phrase—especially an idiom or quote—while keeping the conversation in Yiddish? Common among American Yiddish speakers and also perfectly fine. However\, we ask participants to avoid telling anecdotes or otherwise speaking in English for an extended period of time. Conversing in English disrupts the Yiddish-language environment\, and it takes away learning opportunities for students. Yiddish speakers and students at all levels are welcome at farbreng. It’s normal to feel nervous about your Yiddish\, but we applaud and encourage all students and speakers to use Yiddish. If you have any questions about the program\, please write to us at farbreng-boston@yugntruf.org
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/farbrengboston-piknik-in-park/
LOCATION:Cambridge Public Library\, 449 Broadway (on the front lawn)
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Special Events
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SUMMARY:Yiddish/Klezmer Community Potluck & Campfire
DESCRIPTION:The BWC Yiddish Committee invites Yiddish speakers and students of all levels\, klezmer musicians\, and their families/friends to enjoy an outdoor potluck picnic and campfire in Medford. Optional short walk to the nearby Mystic Lakes. Drop by for a short time or stay for the whole event. There will be plenty of opportunities to chat in both Yiddish and English. Musicians are invited to bring instruments. \nFor the potluck\, we welcome snacks\, main courses\, salads\, desserts\, drinks (non-alcoholic or beer/wine/mashke welcome). If you know what you’re bringing\, let us know on your registration form. \nThe location address will be shared with you after you register. \nRegister here. \nQuestions about the event? Email yiddish@circleboston.org
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/yiddish-klezmer-community-potluck-campfire/
LOCATION:Medford\, MA\, USA
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250814T180000
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SUMMARY:Welcome to Yiddishland: Dinner and a Movie
DESCRIPTION:Join BWC members at The Vilna Shul on Thursday\, August 14\, 6pm – 9pm for Welcome to Yiddishland and a post screening conversation with co-producer Lisa Newman of the Yiddish Book Center. Through intimate interviews and rare behind-the-scenes access to some of the world’s top musicians and performers working in Yiddish\, the film showcases the innovative works of artists who use this ancient language as a vehicle for addressing contemporary issues such as Queer identity\, the refugee crisis\, war and authoritarianism.  \nTickets are $25. \nREGISTER NOW
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/welcome-to-yiddishland-dinner-and-a-movie/
LOCATION:The Vilna Shul\, 2 Phillips St\, Boston\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Special Events
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SUMMARY:Farbreng:boston shpatsir in beymer-gortn
DESCRIPTION:לאָמיר גײן שפּאַצירן אין בײמער־גאָרטן! אַלע זײַנען פֿאַרבעטן צו קומען און זען די בײמער און בלומען — אַרײַנטריט צום בוימגאָרטן איז אומזיסט — און פֿאַרברענגען אויף ייִדיש. מיר װעלן מיטברענגען אַ באָטאַניש װערטערבוך אויף ייִדיש \nדי פּראָגראַם איז אַ צוזאַמען־אַרבעט פֿונעם באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער־רינג און פֿאַרברענג:באָסטאָן\, אַ יוגנטרוף־פּראָיעקט װאָס שאַפֿט געלעגנהײטן צו רעדן און פֿאַרברענגען אויף ייִדיש פּנים־אל־פּנים אַ גאַנץ קײַלעכדיק יאָר \nLomir geyn shpatsirn in beymer-gortn! Ale zaynen farbetn tsu kumen un zen di beymer un blumen—arayntrit tsum boymgortn iz umzist—un farbrengen af yidish. Mir veln mitbrengen a botanish verterbukh af yidish. \nDi program iz a tsuzamen-arbet funem bostoner arbeter-ring un farbreng:boston\, a yugntruf-proyekt vos shaft gelegnhaytn tsu redn un farbrengen af yidish ponem-al-ponem a gants kaylekhdik yor \nFarbreng:boston is a Yiddish-language immersion program where we gather together informally to speak in Yiddish. For most of our community members\, if we want a Yiddish-speaking environment\, we have to proactively create one—so that’s what we’re doing! Here are some guidelines for being part of a language-immersion activity. \nAsking how to say something? Perfectly fine; we do this all the time. Tossing in a short English word or phrase—especially an idiom or quote—while keeping the conversation in Yiddish? Common among American Yiddish speakers and also perfectly fine. However\, we ask participants to avoid telling anecdotes or otherwise speaking in English for an extended period of time. Conversing in English disrupts the Yiddish-language environment\, and it takes away learning opportunities for students. Yiddish speakers and students at all levels are welcome at farbreng. It’s normal to feel nervous about your Yiddish\, but we applaud and encourage all students and speakers to use Yiddish. If you have any questions about the program\, please write to us at farbreng-boston@yugntruf.org \nRegister here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/farbrengboston-shpatsir-in-beymer-gortn/
LOCATION:Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University\, 125 Arborway\, Jamaica Plain\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Special Events
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SUMMARY:Yiddish Committee Social
DESCRIPTION:Join fellow Yiddish speakers\, students\, and enthusiasts to socialize and brainstorm Yiddish programming. We’ll meet at Mike and Linda’s in Somerville for snacks\, chatting\, and idea sharing. Yiddish speakers and students of all levels are invited\, and new participants are always welcome. RSVP to yiddish@circleboston.org for the Somerville address and/or the Zoom link.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/yiddish-committee-social-2/
LOCATION:Zoom and Somerville
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Special Events
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SUMMARY:Annie Sommer Kaufman presents "Your Comrade\, Avreml Broide"
DESCRIPTION:Annie Sommer Kaufman discusses her new English-language translation of the Yiddish novel Your Comrade\, Avreml Broide\, A Worker’s Life Story\, in converation with Khave Morales. \nWritten in 1944 by Ben Gold\, the president of the Furriers Union\, this working-class\, coming-of-age novel traces the family origin\, immigration\, and radicalization of an everyman named Avreml Broide. Mirroring Gold’s own life\, Avreml’s story begins entangled in a complex intergenerational social and criminal community in Bessarabia just after the turn of the twentieth century. Personal dramas drive a young Avreml to New York City in his young adult years\, where he finds a job in the fur industry and devotes himself entirely to his union\, party\, and the fight against fascism\, often to the detriment of his personal life and relationships. Through strikes\, dissidence\, and finally on the front lines of the Spanish Civil War\, Avreml’s journey presents the fascinating ambiguity of subsuming the self in service to party discipline. \nWith bold and stimulating illustrations by William Gropper\, Annie Sommer Kaufman’s translation brings Gold’s emotionally rich narrative forward to reveal some of the most dramatic conflicts in America’s suppressed Communist history. This novel offers a powerful counternarrative to histories and narratives of Jewish immigration that emphasize materialist American dreams and upward class mobility. Your Comrade\, Avreml Broide offers an enticing mix of fact and fiction to demonstrate the personal risks\, revolutionary dreams\, and heartaches of Yiddish-speaking American Communists. \nAnnie Sommer Kaufman is a Yiddish translator and teacher based in Chicago. She trained in History at the University of Wisconsin\, Madison and was Yekhiel Shraybman’s last Yiddish student in Kishinev\, Moldova. She served for five years as the coordinator for Yugntruf’s Yiddish immersion retreat Yiddish Vokh\, and worked for a decade in the fashion industry as a pattern maker\, including in New York City. She was a founding member of Red Emma’s Bookstore in Baltimore\, and has been organizing with Jewish Voice for Peace in many capacities for a dozen years. She is a SVARA trained Talmud teacher and runs The Lace Midrash in Chicago. \nKhave (Lina) Morales is a red diaper baby\, yiddishist\, communist\, former JVP board member\, long time Anti-Zionist and lover of communist and radical history. \nRegistration for this event is not required. \nThis translation was supported by a fellowship at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst\, Massachusetts (2020–21).
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/annie-sommer-kaufman-presents-your-comrade-avreml-broide/
LOCATION:BWC Building
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Special Events
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SUMMARY:Farbreng:boston ekskursye in harvard kunstmuzey
DESCRIPTION: פֿאַרברענגען אויף ייִדיש \nדי פּראָגראַם איז אַ צוזאַמען־אַרבעט פֿונעם באָסטאָנער אַרבעטער־רינג און פֿאַרברענג:באָסטאָן\, אַ יוגנטרוף־פּראָיעקט װאָס שאַפֿט געלעגנהײטן צו רעדן און פֿאַרברענגען אויף ייִדיש פּנים־אל־פּנים אַ גאַנץ קײַלעכדיק יאָר \nLomir geyn in muzey tsuzamen! Ale zaynen farbetn tsu kumen zen en di oysshtelungen—arayntrit tsum muzey iz umzist—un farbrengen af yidish. \nDi program iz a tsuzamen-arbet funem bostoner arbeter-ring un farbreng:boston\, a yugntruf-proyekt vos shaft gelegnhaytn tsu redn un farbrengen af yidish ponem-al-ponem a gants kaylekhdik yor \nFarbreng:boston is a Yiddish-language immersion program where we gather together informally to speak in Yiddish. For most of our community members\, if we want a Yiddish-speaking environment\, we have to proactively create one—so that’s what we’re doing! Here are some guidelines for being part of a language-immersion activity. \nAsking how to say something? Perfectly fine; we do this all the time. Tossing in a short English word or phrase—especially an idiom or quote—while keeping the conversation in Yiddish? Common among American Yiddish speakers and also perfectly fine. However\, we ask participants to avoid telling anecdotes or otherwise speaking in English for an extended period of time. Conversing in English disrupts the Yiddish-language environment\, and it takes away learning opportunities for students. Yiddish speakers and students at all levels are welcome at farbreng. It’s normal to feel nervous about your Yiddish\, but we applaud and encourage all students and speakers to use Yiddish. If you have any questions about the program\, please write to us at farbreng-boston@yugntruf.orgRegister here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/farbrengboston-ekskursye-in-harvard-kunstmuzey/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Ongoing Programming,Yiddish - Special Events
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