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SUMMARY:Intermediates – Motl Peyse dem Khazns
DESCRIPTION:Students in this section will continue reading an abridged and annotated version of Motl Peyse dem Khazns by Sholem Aleichem\, starting in chapter 5. By reading aloud\, using the book’s exercises\, and discussion\, students will have a chance to strengthen their Yiddish reading\, vocabulary\, grammar and conversation skills. There’ll also be time for general conversation practice and learning through songs.  Level: Continuing students and new students who can read Yiddish with the help of a dictionary. The first class will include a review of characters and plot in Motl Peyse if there are new students.  \nMaterials: New students should purchase Motl Peyse dem Khazns\, available at League for Yiddish or at other online sites. \nInstructor: Jonah Sidman
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/continuing-intermediates-motl-peyse-dem-khazns-11/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T193000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230106T013425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T223445Z
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SUMMARY:IPC Study Group
DESCRIPTION:The IPC Study Group is a subcommittee of the Israel/Palestine Committee (IPC) which meets on Zoom the first Wednesday of every month at 6pm to discuss books\, films\, articles\, and/or webinars we’re reading and watching together\, to deepen our understanding of the history and context of Israel/Palestine. \nAll are welcome to join us. You can find what we’re currently studying together here\, as well as information on what we’ve previously read and watched. Join us here on Zoom at 6pm The IPC Study Group communicates between sessions via google email list. Contact ipc@circleboston.org to let us know you’re coming\, for more information\, or to join the email list and help us choose what we’re going to learn about together for future sessions!
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/ipc-study-group-5/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Israel/Palestine Committee
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T205436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225023Z
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SUMMARY:Beginner\, Semester 2
DESCRIPTION:Students will continue learning from Colloquial Yiddish\, starting with a review of grammar already learned in BWC’s Fall Beginner\, 1st semester class and moving further ahead. Additionally\, songs and various multimedia materials will be used to expose students to current and historical Yiddish culture and to strengthen conversation skills and Yiddish reading ability. \nLevel: Geared to students who have taken a Beginner Semester 1 Boston Workers Circle class\, and we welcome newcomers who already know the alef-beys and some basic Yiddish grammar & vocabulary.  \nMaterials: Colloquial Yiddish\, available to purchase at The Yiddish Book Center or Routledge Textbooks or at other online sites \nInstructor: Abby Howell
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/beginner-semester-2-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T213000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230111T040056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225025Z
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SUMMARY:Advanced Brenendike Verter: Yidishe Dikhterins In Ukraine Nokh Der Revolutsye
DESCRIPTION:Level: The class is suited to advanced speakers and readers of Yiddish including students in past advanced BWC Yiddish classes.. We will discuss the poems and poets in Yiddish\, in a supportive environment that encourages each person to speak Yiddish freely and fearlessly to the best of their ability. \nMaterials:  Provided by instructor.   \nInstructor: Hinde Ena Burstin \nAvantgarde Yiddish women poets were trailblazers in the development of secular Yiddish literature in post-revolution Ukraine. The daring themes and imagery of many of their poems signified a fiery break with the restrictions of the past. In this course\, we will read a selection of these poems\, and will discuss the themes and stylistics\, as well as the biographical\, sociohistorical and literary contexts of the poems. We will explore ways that these poets transgressed gendered expectations in their subversive verse. \nברענענדיקע ווערטער: ייִדישע דיכטערינס אין אוקראַינע נאָך דער רעװאָלוציע \nייִדישע דיכטערינס האָבן קרעפֿטיק גענומען דאָס וואָרט אין אוקראַינע אין דער נאָך-רעוואָלוציע \nתּקופֿה. זיי האָבן זיך אויסגעצייכנט מיט די באַזונדערקייטן פֿון זייערע טעמעס און בילדער\, און \nמיט זייערע שעפֿערישע שפּילערײַען מיט ווערטער און קלאַנגען. זייערע אָריגינעלע לידער זײַנען \nאַ וויכטיקער צושטײַער צו דער אַנטוויקלונג פֿון וועלטלעכער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור. \nמיר וועלן צוזאַמען לייענען די פֿלאַמיקע פֿערזן פֿון פֿאַרשיידענע דינאַמישע דיכטערינס\, און וועלן \nאַרומרעדן די טײַטשן\, טעמעס און סטיליסטיק פֿון די לידער\, און די קאָנטעקסטן אין וועלכע די \nלידער זײַנען דערשינען.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/advanced-brenendike-verter-yidishe-dikhterins-in-ukraine-nokh-der-revolutsye-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T210000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230106T013856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T213512Z
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SUMMARY:Di Nest: Yiddish Creative Project Incubator
DESCRIPTION:Di Nest is an incubator for Yiddish-language creative projects! Join us on the first Thursday of the month to share and workshop community members’ artistic works in progress. All forms of creativity in Yiddish (or prominently featuring Yiddish) are welcome: poetry\, prose\, music\, visual arts\, performing arts\, translations into Yiddish\, and more. \nDi Nest is open to Yiddish speakers and students of all levels. Whether you’re just starting to create in Yiddish or have been doing so for years\, you’re welcome to attend! Sessions will be in a mix of Yiddish and English. \nEach session will include time to workshop material of several participants and a chance for everyone to spend time creating. If you have material you would like to workshop\, please email yiddish@circleboston.org. Whether or not you’re bringing material to workshop\, you are welcome to attend and offer feedback to fellow participants. \nRegister Here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/di-nest-yiddish-creative-project-incubator-5/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Ongoing Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T120000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230106T013856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T213513Z
UID:10000192-1677839400-1677844800@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Yiddish Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Join our Yiddish Reading Group! We meet weekly (mostly) to read fiction in Yiddish. Group members select the readings which are usually short stories or novellas. Discussion is in English. Anyone who has taken an intermediate or advanced Yiddish class at the Workers’ Circle or has similar proficiency should be able to manage well in the group.  \nIf you would like more information about the group\, including the Zoom link\, email yiddishreadinggroup@circleboston.org
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/yiddish-reading-group-20/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Ongoing Programming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230304T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230304T235900
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230125T190257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225052Z
UID:10000372-1677960000-1677974340@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Gragger
DESCRIPTION:Subversion\, performance\, and rebellion—these elements define the Purim story\, and come together in the Boston Workers Circle’s raucous and radical Purim Party: Gragger! This year’s festivities will include a full Purim shpil performance by local Jewish drag troupe Ain’t Mitzvahavin and a DJ set by Chaia and Diva Nigun. \nJoin us on March 4 from 8pm-12am at the Cathedral of St. Paul for hamantaschen\, a cash bar\, photo booth\, and dancing as we celebrate our queer Jewish left Boston community. Bring your tips and your best costumes—you won’t want to miss it! \nMore details & tickets available here. 
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/gragger/
CATEGORIES:Young Adult Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230305T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230305T123000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230106T013700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T001525Z
UID:10000096-1678012200-1678019400@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Shule Purim Party
DESCRIPTION:More details will be available
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/shule-purim-party/
LOCATION:John D. Runkle Elementary School\, 50 Druce St\, Brookline\, MA 02445\, USA
CATEGORIES:Shule
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230306T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230306T183000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T151845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225025Z
UID:10000292-1678122000-1678127400@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Intermediates – Yehoyash’s Yiddish translation of the Tanakh
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an early evening weekly reading group studying Yehoyash’s Yiddish translation of the Tanakh\, in the book of Breyshis (Genesis). Brush up on your biblical vocabulary\, take a stroll down to Mitzrayim with Yosef and his brethren and shvestren\, practice your reading fluency by chanting repetitive verses about the long lives of the ancestors who begat named sons and nameless daughters\, and role play as an ancient sage or shtetl melamed by attempting to explain and expand upon the meanings of these ancient verses.  \nLevel:  This section is intended for continuing BWC intermediates.  New students who have experience reading and speaking Yiddish within or outside of a classroom setting and who want a facilitated reading class are welcome to join. Grammar will be reviewed as it comes up in the text.  \nMaterials:  Provided by instructor.   \nInstructor: Abby Howell
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/continuing-intermediates-yehoyashs-yiddish-translation-of-the-tanakh-12/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230307T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230307T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T151845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225026Z
UID:10000293-1678215600-1678221000@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Advanced Beginner
DESCRIPTION:Students will continue learning from Colloquial Yiddish\, starting with a review of grammar already learned in BWC’s Fall Advanced Beginner\, 1st semester class and moving further ahead. Additionally\, songs and various multi-media materials will be used to expose students to current and historical Yiddish culture and to strengthen conversation skills and Yiddish reading ability. \nLevel: Geared to students who have taken Advanced Beginner\, Semester 1 at Boston Workers Circle.  Newcomers who already know the alef-beys and present tense\, have some familiarity with the past tense and can understand\, speak\, read and write simple sentences in Yiddish are welcome to join. \nMaterials: New students should purchase Colloquial Yiddish at The Yiddish Book Center or Routledge Textbooks or at other on-line sites. \nInstructor: Jonah Sidman
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/advanced-beginner-4/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230307T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230307T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T160458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225026Z
UID:10000322-1678215600-1678221000@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:New Intermediates: In Eynem\, vol 2
DESCRIPTION:Using the textbook In Eynem\, vol 2\, students will increase their comfort with Yiddish grammar and with fluency speaking\, reading and writing. \nLevel: Students who have previously taken BWC’s Fall ” New Intermediate” class\, and we welcome new students who have completed In Eynem Units 1-4 and/or who are comfortable with basic conversation in Yiddish; familiar with grammar such as case and gender declensions and separable-prefix verb conjugations; and who have experience reading texts that include past\, present and future tenses. \nMaterials: Students new to the class should purchase In Eynem at The Yiddish Book Center. \nInstructor: Elya (Zissel) Piazza
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/intermediates-in-eynem-vol-2-4/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T180000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T151846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225026Z
UID:10000294-1678293000-1678298400@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Intermediates – Motl Peyse dem Khazns
DESCRIPTION:Students in this section will continue reading an abridged and annotated version of Motl Peyse dem Khazns by Sholem Aleichem\, starting in chapter 5. By reading aloud\, using the book’s exercises\, and discussion\, students will have a chance to strengthen their Yiddish reading\, vocabulary\, grammar and conversation skills. There’ll also be time for general conversation practice and learning through songs.  Level: Continuing students and new students who can read Yiddish with the help of a dictionary. The first class will include a review of characters and plot in Motl Peyse if there are new students.  \nMaterials: New students should purchase Motl Peyse dem Khazns\, available at League for Yiddish or at other online sites. \nInstructor: Jonah Sidman
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/continuing-intermediates-motl-peyse-dem-khazns-12/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T200000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230303T161725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230308T181503Z
UID:10000429-1678302000-1678305600@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Voter Rights Phone Banking
DESCRIPTION:Join Boston Workers Circle and Workers Circle National for weekly Wednesday evening phonebanks! The Wisconsin Supreme Court election will be held in April. Recently\, the Wisconsin Supreme Court outlawed absentee dropboxes in a state that already has very restrictive Voter ID requirements\, making it harder for Black\, low-income citizens to cast their ballots. Join us as we call Black voters in Milwaukee to provide crucial information they need to vote in a race that will impact voting rights\, abortion rights\, and democracy for years to come. No experience is necessary and you can make calls from anywhere. \nWe phonebank in partnership with the Center for Common Ground\, a people of color-led organization that fights voter suppression and empowers underserved communities to connect voters of color with the information they need to vote by mail and to vote early in person. Our calls support on-the-ground efforts to reach Black voters by the NAACP\, Black Voters Matter\, and Mi Familia Vota. \nSign up here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/voter-rights-phone-banking/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:General Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T205437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225029Z
UID:10000332-1678302000-1678307400@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Beginner\, Semester 2
DESCRIPTION:Students will continue learning from Colloquial Yiddish\, starting with a review of grammar already learned in BWC’s Fall Beginner\, 1st semester class and moving further ahead. Additionally\, songs and various multimedia materials will be used to expose students to current and historical Yiddish culture and to strengthen conversation skills and Yiddish reading ability. \nLevel: Geared to students who have taken a Beginner Semester 1 Boston Workers Circle class\, and we welcome newcomers who already know the alef-beys and some basic Yiddish grammar & vocabulary.  \nMaterials: Colloquial Yiddish\, available to purchase at The Yiddish Book Center or Routledge Textbooks or at other online sites \nInstructor: Abby Howell
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/beginner-semester-2-4/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T213000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230111T040058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225029Z
UID:10000342-1678305600-1678311000@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Advanced Brenendike Verter: Yidishe Dikhterins In Ukraine Nokh Der Revolutsye
DESCRIPTION:Level: The class is suited to advanced speakers and readers of Yiddish including students in past advanced BWC Yiddish classes.. We will discuss the poems and poets in Yiddish\, in a supportive environment that encourages each person to speak Yiddish freely and fearlessly to the best of their ability. \nMaterials:  Provided by instructor.   \nInstructor: Hinde Ena Burstin \nAvantgarde Yiddish women poets were trailblazers in the development of secular Yiddish literature in post-revolution Ukraine. The daring themes and imagery of many of their poems signified a fiery break with the restrictions of the past. In this course\, we will read a selection of these poems\, and will discuss the themes and stylistics\, as well as the biographical\, sociohistorical and literary contexts of the poems. We will explore ways that these poets transgressed gendered expectations in their subversive verse. \nברענענדיקע ווערטער: ייִדישע דיכטערינס אין אוקראַינע נאָך דער רעװאָלוציע \nייִדישע דיכטערינס האָבן קרעפֿטיק גענומען דאָס וואָרט אין אוקראַינע אין דער נאָך-רעוואָלוציע \nתּקופֿה. זיי האָבן זיך אויסגעצייכנט מיט די באַזונדערקייטן פֿון זייערע טעמעס און בילדער\, און \nמיט זייערע שעפֿערישע שפּילערײַען מיט ווערטער און קלאַנגען. זייערע אָריגינעלע לידער זײַנען \nאַ וויכטיקער צושטײַער צו דער אַנטוויקלונג פֿון וועלטלעכער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור. \nמיר וועלן צוזאַמען לייענען די פֿלאַמיקע פֿערזן פֿון פֿאַרשיידענע דינאַמישע דיכטערינס\, און וועלן \nאַרומרעדן די טײַטשן\, טעמעס און סטיליסטיק פֿון די לידער\, און די קאָנטעקסטן אין וועלכע די \nלידער זײַנען דערשינען.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/advanced-brenendike-verter-yidishe-dikhterins-in-ukraine-nokh-der-revolutsye-4/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230309T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230309T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230106T013856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T213513Z
UID:10000193-1678388400-1678393800@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Yiddish Vinkl
DESCRIPTION:Somerville Vinkl will be held virtually until it’s safe to meet in person again. This is an opportunity for you to sharpen your Yiddish skills in a comfortable and informal setting\, whatever your level of Yiddish. All are welcome. \nSomerville Vinkl is the second Thursday of every month\, from 7:00-8:30 PM. For questions contact yiddish@circleboston.org.  \nRegister Here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/yiddish-vinkl-6/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Ongoing Programming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230310T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230310T120000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230106T013857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T213514Z
UID:10000194-1678444200-1678449600@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Yiddish Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Join our Yiddish Reading Group! We meet weekly (mostly) to read fiction in Yiddish. Group members select the readings which are usually short stories or novellas. Discussion is in English. Anyone who has taken an intermediate or advanced Yiddish class at the Workers’ Circle or has similar proficiency should be able to manage well in the group.  \nIf you would like more information about the group\, including the Zoom link\, email yiddishreadinggroup@circleboston.org
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/yiddish-reading-group-21/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Ongoing Programming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230312T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230312T123000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230109T124956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T001525Z
UID:10000276-1678617000-1678624200@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Shule (Session 16)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/shule-session-16/
CATEGORIES:Shule
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230313T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230313T183000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T151846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225029Z
UID:10000295-1678726800-1678732200@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Intermediates – Yehoyash’s Yiddish translation of the Tanakh
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an early evening weekly reading group studying Yehoyash’s Yiddish translation of the Tanakh\, in the book of Breyshis (Genesis). Brush up on your biblical vocabulary\, take a stroll down to Mitzrayim with Yosef and his brethren and shvestren\, practice your reading fluency by chanting repetitive verses about the long lives of the ancestors who begat named sons and nameless daughters\, and role play as an ancient sage or shtetl melamed by attempting to explain and expand upon the meanings of these ancient verses.  \nLevel:  This section is intended for continuing BWC intermediates.  New students who have experience reading and speaking Yiddish within or outside of a classroom setting and who want a facilitated reading class are welcome to join. Grammar will be reviewed as it comes up in the text.  \nMaterials:  Provided by instructor.   \nInstructor: Abby Howell
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/continuing-intermediates-yehoyashs-yiddish-translation-of-the-tanakh-13/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230313T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230313T183000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T153145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230313T183132Z
UID:10000315-1678728600-1678732200@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:BWC Finance Committee
DESCRIPTION:Join on Zoom.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/bwc-finance-committee-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:General Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230314T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230314T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T151846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225030Z
UID:10000296-1678820400-1678825800@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Advanced Beginner
DESCRIPTION:Students will continue learning from Colloquial Yiddish\, starting with a review of grammar already learned in BWC’s Fall Advanced Beginner\, 1st semester class and moving further ahead. Additionally\, songs and various multi-media materials will be used to expose students to current and historical Yiddish culture and to strengthen conversation skills and Yiddish reading ability. \nLevel: Geared to students who have taken Advanced Beginner\, Semester 1 at Boston Workers Circle.  Newcomers who already know the alef-beys and present tense\, have some familiarity with the past tense and can understand\, speak\, read and write simple sentences in Yiddish are welcome to join. \nMaterials: New students should purchase Colloquial Yiddish at The Yiddish Book Center or Routledge Textbooks or at other on-line sites. \nInstructor: Jonah Sidman
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/advanced-beginner-5/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230314T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230314T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T160459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225030Z
UID:10000323-1678820400-1678825800@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:New Intermediates: In Eynem\, vol 2
DESCRIPTION:Using the textbook In Eynem\, vol 2\, students will increase their comfort with Yiddish grammar and with fluency speaking\, reading and writing. \nLevel: Students who have previously taken BWC’s Fall ” New Intermediate” class\, and we welcome new students who have completed In Eynem Units 1-4 and/or who are comfortable with basic conversation in Yiddish; familiar with grammar such as case and gender declensions and separable-prefix verb conjugations; and who have experience reading texts that include past\, present and future tenses. \nMaterials: Students new to the class should purchase In Eynem at The Yiddish Book Center. \nInstructor: Elya (Zissel) Piazza
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/intermediates-in-eynem-vol-2-5/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T180000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T151846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225033Z
UID:10000297-1678897800-1678903200@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Intermediates – Motl Peyse dem Khazns
DESCRIPTION:Students in this section will continue reading an abridged and annotated version of Motl Peyse dem Khazns by Sholem Aleichem\, starting in chapter 5. By reading aloud\, using the book’s exercises\, and discussion\, students will have a chance to strengthen their Yiddish reading\, vocabulary\, grammar and conversation skills. There’ll also be time for general conversation practice and learning through songs.  Level: Continuing students and new students who can read Yiddish with the help of a dictionary. The first class will include a review of characters and plot in Motl Peyse if there are new students.  \nMaterials: New students should purchase Motl Peyse dem Khazns\, available at League for Yiddish or at other online sites. \nInstructor: Jonah Sidman
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/continuing-intermediates-motl-peyse-dem-khazns-13/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T200000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230303T161725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T193814Z
UID:10000430-1678906800-1678910400@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Voter Rights Phone Banking
DESCRIPTION:Join Boston Workers Circle and Workers Circle National for weekly Wednesday evening phonebanks! The Wisconsin Supreme Court election will be held in April. Recently\, the Wisconsin Supreme Court outlawed absentee dropboxes in a state that already has very restrictive Voter ID requirements\, making it harder for Black\, low-income citizens to cast their ballots. Join us as we call Black voters in Milwaukee to provide crucial information they need to vote in a race that will impact voting rights\, abortion rights\, and democracy for years to come. No experience is necessary and you can make calls from anywhere. \nWe phonebank in partnership with the Center for Common Ground\, a people of color-led organization that fights voter suppression and empowers underserved communities to connect voters of color with the information they need to vote by mail and to vote early in person. Our calls support on-the-ground efforts to reach Black voters by the NAACP\, Black Voters Matter\, and Mi Familia Vota. \nSign up here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/voter-rights-phone-banking-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:General Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T205438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225033Z
UID:10000333-1678906800-1678912200@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Beginner\, Semester 2
DESCRIPTION:Students will continue learning from Colloquial Yiddish\, starting with a review of grammar already learned in BWC’s Fall Beginner\, 1st semester class and moving further ahead. Additionally\, songs and various multimedia materials will be used to expose students to current and historical Yiddish culture and to strengthen conversation skills and Yiddish reading ability. \nLevel: Geared to students who have taken a Beginner Semester 1 Boston Workers Circle class\, and we welcome newcomers who already know the alef-beys and some basic Yiddish grammar & vocabulary.  \nMaterials: Colloquial Yiddish\, available to purchase at The Yiddish Book Center or Routledge Textbooks or at other online sites \nInstructor: Abby Howell
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/beginner-semester-2-5/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T213000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230111T040100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225033Z
UID:10000343-1678910400-1678915800@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Advanced Brenendike Verter: Yidishe Dikhterins In Ukraine Nokh Der Revolutsye
DESCRIPTION:Level: The class is suited to advanced speakers and readers of Yiddish including students in past advanced BWC Yiddish classes.. We will discuss the poems and poets in Yiddish\, in a supportive environment that encourages each person to speak Yiddish freely and fearlessly to the best of their ability. \nMaterials:  Provided by instructor.   \nInstructor: Hinde Ena Burstin \nAvantgarde Yiddish women poets were trailblazers in the development of secular Yiddish literature in post-revolution Ukraine. The daring themes and imagery of many of their poems signified a fiery break with the restrictions of the past. In this course\, we will read a selection of these poems\, and will discuss the themes and stylistics\, as well as the biographical\, sociohistorical and literary contexts of the poems. We will explore ways that these poets transgressed gendered expectations in their subversive verse. \nברענענדיקע ווערטער: ייִדישע דיכטערינס אין אוקראַינע נאָך דער רעװאָלוציע \nייִדישע דיכטערינס האָבן קרעפֿטיק גענומען דאָס וואָרט אין אוקראַינע אין דער נאָך-רעוואָלוציע \nתּקופֿה. זיי האָבן זיך אויסגעצייכנט מיט די באַזונדערקייטן פֿון זייערע טעמעס און בילדער\, און \nמיט זייערע שעפֿערישע שפּילערײַען מיט ווערטער און קלאַנגען. זייערע אָריגינעלע לידער זײַנען \nאַ וויכטיקער צושטײַער צו דער אַנטוויקלונג פֿון וועלטלעכער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור. \nמיר וועלן צוזאַמען לייענען די פֿלאַמיקע פֿערזן פֿון פֿאַרשיידענע דינאַמישע דיכטערינס\, און וועלן \nאַרומרעדן די טײַטשן\, טעמעס און סטיליסטיק פֿון די לידער\, און די קאָנטעקסטן אין וועלכע די \nלידער זײַנען דערשינען.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/advanced-brenendike-verter-yidishe-dikhterins-in-ukraine-nokh-der-revolutsye-5/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230317T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230317T120000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230106T013857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T213514Z
UID:10000195-1679049000-1679054400@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Yiddish Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Join our Yiddish Reading Group! We meet weekly (mostly) to read fiction in Yiddish. Group members select the readings which are usually short stories or novellas. Discussion is in English. Anyone who has taken an intermediate or advanced Yiddish class at the Workers’ Circle or has similar proficiency should be able to manage well in the group.  \nIf you would like more information about the group\, including the Zoom link\, email yiddishreadinggroup@circleboston.org
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/yiddish-reading-group-22/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Ongoing Programming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230318T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230318T210000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230217T211617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T223510Z
UID:10000426-1679166000-1679173200@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Yiddish Dreams & Futures Concert
DESCRIPTION:The Boston Festival for New Jewish Music presents Yiddish Dreams & Futures\, a portrait concert of composer Derek David\, featuring new vocal and chamber works that reflect upon Jewish identity and Yiddish culture in a contemporary landscape. \nThe concert\, hosted by MIT Music & Theater Arts in Kresge Auditorium\, will feature the full premiere of Derek’s Clarinet Quintet “Oh World\, Goodnight” by Del Sol and Andrew Friedman\, and the premiere of String Quartet No. 4 “Kaddish” with Verona Quartet. \nVocal works will include a performance of Four Yiddish Folksongs featuring Nat Seelen and Abigale Reisman of Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band\, pianist Renena Gutman\, and soprano Megan Jones\, as well as choral works with A Besere Velt\, the world’s largest Yiddish chorus. \nFor more information & tickets\, click here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/yiddish-dreams-concert/
LOCATION:Kresge Auditorium\, 48 Massachusetts Ave w16\, Cambridge\, MA 02139\, USA
CATEGORIES:A Besere Velt
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T120000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230206T212541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T213444Z
UID:10000392-1679221800-1679227200@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Aging in Community: Small Group Discussions
DESCRIPTION:Small group discussion — topics TBA.  For more information\, and the zoom link\, please email AIC@circleboston.org
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/aging-in-community-small-group-discussions/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Aging in Community
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T123000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230106T013700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T001526Z
UID:10000097-1679221800-1679229000@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Support Space Meeting #3
DESCRIPTION:The Support Space is designed for Shule caregivers who identify as OR who are the caregiver of a young person who identifies as Black\, a person of color\, a Jew of color\, Indigenous\, Sephardi\, and/or Mizrahi (JOCISM). \nContact supportspace@circleboston.org for more information
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/support-space-meeting-3/
CATEGORIES:Shule
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T123000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230109T124956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T001526Z
UID:10000277-1679221800-1679229000@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Shule (Session 17)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/shule-session-17/
CATEGORIES:Shule
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230320T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230320T183000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T151846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225033Z
UID:10000298-1679331600-1679337000@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Intermediates – Yehoyash’s Yiddish translation of the Tanakh
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an early evening weekly reading group studying Yehoyash’s Yiddish translation of the Tanakh\, in the book of Breyshis (Genesis). Brush up on your biblical vocabulary\, take a stroll down to Mitzrayim with Yosef and his brethren and shvestren\, practice your reading fluency by chanting repetitive verses about the long lives of the ancestors who begat named sons and nameless daughters\, and role play as an ancient sage or shtetl melamed by attempting to explain and expand upon the meanings of these ancient verses.  \nLevel:  This section is intended for continuing BWC intermediates.  New students who have experience reading and speaking Yiddish within or outside of a classroom setting and who want a facilitated reading class are welcome to join. Grammar will be reviewed as it comes up in the text.  \nMaterials:  Provided by instructor.   \nInstructor: Abby Howell
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/continuing-intermediates-yehoyashs-yiddish-translation-of-the-tanakh-14/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T151846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225033Z
UID:10000299-1679425200-1679430600@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Advanced Beginner
DESCRIPTION:Students will continue learning from Colloquial Yiddish\, starting with a review of grammar already learned in BWC’s Fall Advanced Beginner\, 1st semester class and moving further ahead. Additionally\, songs and various multi-media materials will be used to expose students to current and historical Yiddish culture and to strengthen conversation skills and Yiddish reading ability. \nLevel: Geared to students who have taken Advanced Beginner\, Semester 1 at Boston Workers Circle.  Newcomers who already know the alef-beys and present tense\, have some familiarity with the past tense and can understand\, speak\, read and write simple sentences in Yiddish are welcome to join. \nMaterials: New students should purchase Colloquial Yiddish at The Yiddish Book Center or Routledge Textbooks or at other on-line sites. \nInstructor: Jonah Sidman
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/advanced-beginner-6/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T160459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225035Z
UID:10000324-1679425200-1679430600@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:New Intermediates: In Eynem\, vol 2
DESCRIPTION:Using the textbook In Eynem\, vol 2\, students will increase their comfort with Yiddish grammar and with fluency speaking\, reading and writing. \nLevel: Students who have previously taken BWC’s Fall ” New Intermediate” class\, and we welcome new students who have completed In Eynem Units 1-4 and/or who are comfortable with basic conversation in Yiddish; familiar with grammar such as case and gender declensions and separable-prefix verb conjugations; and who have experience reading texts that include past\, present and future tenses. \nMaterials: Students new to the class should purchase In Eynem at The Yiddish Book Center. \nInstructor: Elya (Zissel) Piazza
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/intermediates-in-eynem-vol-2-6/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T180000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T151846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225035Z
UID:10000300-1679502600-1679508000@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Intermediates – Motl Peyse dem Khazns
DESCRIPTION:Students in this section will continue reading an abridged and annotated version of Motl Peyse dem Khazns by Sholem Aleichem\, starting in chapter 5. By reading aloud\, using the book’s exercises\, and discussion\, students will have a chance to strengthen their Yiddish reading\, vocabulary\, grammar and conversation skills. There’ll also be time for general conversation practice and learning through songs.  Level: Continuing students and new students who can read Yiddish with the help of a dictionary. The first class will include a review of characters and plot in Motl Peyse if there are new students.  \nMaterials: New students should purchase Motl Peyse dem Khazns\, available at League for Yiddish or at other online sites. \nInstructor: Jonah Sidman
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/continuing-intermediates-motl-peyse-dem-khazns-14/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T200000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230303T161726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230322T194634Z
UID:10000431-1679511600-1679515200@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Voter Rights Phone Banking
DESCRIPTION:Join Boston Workers Circle and Workers Circle National for weekly Wednesday evening phonebanks! The Wisconsin Supreme Court election will be held in April. Recently\, the Wisconsin Supreme Court outlawed absentee dropboxes in a state that already has very restrictive Voter ID requirements\, making it harder for Black\, low-income citizens to cast their ballots. Join us as we call Black voters in Milwaukee to provide crucial information they need to vote in a race that will impact voting rights\, abortion rights\, and democracy for years to come. No experience is necessary and you can make calls from anywhere. \nWe phonebank in partnership with the Center for Common Ground\, a people of color-led organization that fights voter suppression and empowers underserved communities to connect voters of color with the information they need to vote by mail and to vote early in person. Our calls support on-the-ground efforts to reach Black voters by the NAACP\, Black Voters Matter\, and Mi Familia Vota. \nSign up here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/voter-rights-phone-banking-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:General Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230106T013425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T223449Z
UID:10000073-1679511600-1679517000@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Israel Palestine Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The IPC meets the third Wednesday of every other month at 7pm on Zoom. Our committee-wide meetings are a great chance to learn more about what our subcommittees have been doing and find out how to plug into that work and our upcoming events! Each meeting includes a learning and action component as well. Register for the Zoom here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/israel-palestine-committee-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Israel/Palestine Committee
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T205439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225035Z
UID:10000334-1679511600-1679517000@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Beginner\, Semester 2
DESCRIPTION:Students will continue learning from Colloquial Yiddish\, starting with a review of grammar already learned in BWC’s Fall Beginner\, 1st semester class and moving further ahead. Additionally\, songs and various multimedia materials will be used to expose students to current and historical Yiddish culture and to strengthen conversation skills and Yiddish reading ability. \nLevel: Geared to students who have taken a Beginner Semester 1 Boston Workers Circle class\, and we welcome newcomers who already know the alef-beys and some basic Yiddish grammar & vocabulary.  \nMaterials: Colloquial Yiddish\, available to purchase at The Yiddish Book Center or Routledge Textbooks or at other online sites \nInstructor: Abby Howell
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/beginner-semester-2-6/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230322T213000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230111T040101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225035Z
UID:10000344-1679515200-1679520600@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Advanced Brenendike Verter: Yidishe Dikhterins In Ukraine Nokh Der Revolutsye
DESCRIPTION:Level: The class is suited to advanced speakers and readers of Yiddish including students in past advanced BWC Yiddish classes.. We will discuss the poems and poets in Yiddish\, in a supportive environment that encourages each person to speak Yiddish freely and fearlessly to the best of their ability. \nMaterials:  Provided by instructor.   \nInstructor: Hinde Ena Burstin \nAvantgarde Yiddish women poets were trailblazers in the development of secular Yiddish literature in post-revolution Ukraine. The daring themes and imagery of many of their poems signified a fiery break with the restrictions of the past. In this course\, we will read a selection of these poems\, and will discuss the themes and stylistics\, as well as the biographical\, sociohistorical and literary contexts of the poems. We will explore ways that these poets transgressed gendered expectations in their subversive verse. \nברענענדיקע ווערטער: ייִדישע דיכטערינס אין אוקראַינע נאָך דער רעװאָלוציע \nייִדישע דיכטערינס האָבן קרעפֿטיק גענומען דאָס וואָרט אין אוקראַינע אין דער נאָך-רעוואָלוציע \nתּקופֿה. זיי האָבן זיך אויסגעצייכנט מיט די באַזונדערקייטן פֿון זייערע טעמעס און בילדער\, און \nמיט זייערע שעפֿערישע שפּילערײַען מיט ווערטער און קלאַנגען. זייערע אָריגינעלע לידער זײַנען \nאַ וויכטיקער צושטײַער צו דער אַנטוויקלונג פֿון וועלטלעכער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור. \nמיר וועלן צוזאַמען לייענען די פֿלאַמיקע פֿערזן פֿון פֿאַרשיידענע דינאַמישע דיכטערינס\, און וועלן \nאַרומרעדן די טײַטשן\, טעמעס און סטיליסטיק פֿון די לידער\, און די קאָנטעקסטן אין וועלכע די \nלידער זײַנען דערשינען.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/advanced-brenendike-verter-yidishe-dikhterins-in-ukraine-nokh-der-revolutsye-6/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230323T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230323T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230106T013857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T213514Z
UID:10000196-1679598000-1679603400@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Yiddish Sing - Purim Special Edition
DESCRIPTION:Drop in for this free informal monthly gathering to sing Yiddish songs! All are welcome\, regardless of singing ability or knowledge of Yiddish. \nThis month we will feature Purim and drinking songs! \nVirtual Yiddish Sing –  The song booklet will be provided to registrants day of the event.  Participants can request songs from the booklet and listen and sing along with their mics muted. \nREGISTRATION REQUIRED. Please register here before the event.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/yiddish-sing-5/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Ongoing Programming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230324T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230324T120000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230106T013857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T213516Z
UID:10000197-1679653800-1679659200@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Yiddish Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Join our Yiddish Reading Group! We meet weekly (mostly) to read fiction in Yiddish. Group members select the readings which are usually short stories or novellas. Discussion is in English. Anyone who has taken an intermediate or advanced Yiddish class at the Workers’ Circle or has similar proficiency should be able to manage well in the group.  \nIf you would like more information about the group\, including the Zoom link\, email yiddishreadinggroup@circleboston.org
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/yiddish-reading-group-23/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Ongoing Programming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230325T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230325T183000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230301T223953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T224946Z
UID:10000428-1679761800-1679769000@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Community Passover Seder
DESCRIPTION:In-Person & Live-Streamed //  Saturday\, March 25\, 2023 @ 4:30pm \n25 Bigelow Ave\, Watertown\, MA (Hellenic Cultural Center) \nSPACE IS LIMITED!  SIGN UP ASAP TO ENSURE YOUR SEAT! \nGet your tickets today!
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/community-passover-seder/
LOCATION:Hellenic Cultural Center\, 25 Bigelow Ave\, Watertown\, MA 02472\, USA
CATEGORIES:Ritual Committee
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T121500
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230120T225046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T213600Z
UID:10000365-1679825700-1679832900@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Circle Book Group
DESCRIPTION:This is an open group that welcomes all readers interested in expanding their understanding of the wide variety of Jewish experiences throughout history and across the world. The Zoom information for this meeting will be shared closer to the event via email. To make sure you’re on the Book Group email list\, contact the Circle Book Group committee co-chairs at bookgroup@circleboston.org Click here to learn more\, see our current book of the month\, and view books we’ve read in the past. To make a donation for the Book Group\, visit this page. \nThis month we are reading Smaht Guy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank by Eric Orner
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/circle-book-group-16/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Circle Book Group
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230308T014652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T213556Z
UID:10000433-1679857200-1679862600@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Holding Ground: Supporting Community Resilience in Roxbury
DESCRIPTION:Join AFREJ on Sunday\, March 26th at 7 PM for a screening of Holding Ground: The Rebirth of Dudley Street\, the award-winning documentary about a cautionary tale of urban policies gone wrong and a message of hope for all American cities produced and directed by Leah Mahan and Mark Lipman.  \nFor those who want to watch the film beforehand you can purchase it for personal use for 3 days for 6.99 on New Day Films website or stream it through your local public library through Kanopy. Or if you join us and watch it together\, we will be streaming it over Zoom at 6 PM before our discussion.  \nThe screening will be followed by a discussion on how BWC can engage in solidarity to continue to empower and support the fight for racial and economic justice in these communities through a reparative lens.  \nWe will be joined by Eliza Parad\, the Center for Economic Democracy’s Director of Municipal Democracy and one of the founders of AFREJ! We ask that you please contribute any amount you are comfortable with at http://bit.ly/bwcpassthehat so that we can provide an honorarium to our guest speakers and to support our work. Please be sure to put ‘AFREJ’ after check marking the ‘other’ box in the form. \nRegister Here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/holding-ground-supporting-community-resilience-in-roxbury/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:AFREJ
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230327T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230327T183000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T151847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225036Z
UID:10000301-1679936400-1679941800@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Intermediates – Yehoyash’s Yiddish translation of the Tanakh
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an early evening weekly reading group studying Yehoyash’s Yiddish translation of the Tanakh\, in the book of Breyshis (Genesis). Brush up on your biblical vocabulary\, take a stroll down to Mitzrayim with Yosef and his brethren and shvestren\, practice your reading fluency by chanting repetitive verses about the long lives of the ancestors who begat named sons and nameless daughters\, and role play as an ancient sage or shtetl melamed by attempting to explain and expand upon the meanings of these ancient verses.  \nLevel:  This section is intended for continuing BWC intermediates.  New students who have experience reading and speaking Yiddish within or outside of a classroom setting and who want a facilitated reading class are welcome to join. Grammar will be reviewed as it comes up in the text.  \nMaterials:  Provided by instructor.   \nInstructor: Abby Howell
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/continuing-intermediates-yehoyashs-yiddish-translation-of-the-tanakh-15/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T151847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225037Z
UID:10000302-1680030000-1680035400@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Advanced Beginner
DESCRIPTION:Students will continue learning from Colloquial Yiddish\, starting with a review of grammar already learned in BWC’s Fall Advanced Beginner\, 1st semester class and moving further ahead. Additionally\, songs and various multi-media materials will be used to expose students to current and historical Yiddish culture and to strengthen conversation skills and Yiddish reading ability. \nLevel: Geared to students who have taken Advanced Beginner\, Semester 1 at Boston Workers Circle.  Newcomers who already know the alef-beys and present tense\, have some familiarity with the past tense and can understand\, speak\, read and write simple sentences in Yiddish are welcome to join. \nMaterials: New students should purchase Colloquial Yiddish at The Yiddish Book Center or Routledge Textbooks or at other on-line sites. \nInstructor: Jonah Sidman
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/advanced-beginner-7/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T160500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225037Z
UID:10000325-1680030000-1680035400@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:New Intermediates: In Eynem\, vol 2
DESCRIPTION:Using the textbook In Eynem\, vol 2\, students will increase their comfort with Yiddish grammar and with fluency speaking\, reading and writing. \nLevel: Students who have previously taken BWC’s Fall ” New Intermediate” class\, and we welcome new students who have completed In Eynem Units 1-4 and/or who are comfortable with basic conversation in Yiddish; familiar with grammar such as case and gender declensions and separable-prefix verb conjugations; and who have experience reading texts that include past\, present and future tenses. \nMaterials: Students new to the class should purchase In Eynem at The Yiddish Book Center. \nInstructor: Elya (Zissel) Piazza
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/intermediates-in-eynem-vol-2-7/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T180000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T151847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225038Z
UID:10000303-1680107400-1680112800@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Intermediates – Motl Peyse dem Khazns
DESCRIPTION:Students in this section will continue reading an abridged and annotated version of Motl Peyse dem Khazns by Sholem Aleichem\, starting in chapter 5. By reading aloud\, using the book’s exercises\, and discussion\, students will have a chance to strengthen their Yiddish reading\, vocabulary\, grammar and conversation skills. There’ll also be time for general conversation practice and learning through songs.  Level: Continuing students and new students who can read Yiddish with the help of a dictionary. The first class will include a review of characters and plot in Motl Peyse if there are new students.  \nMaterials: New students should purchase Motl Peyse dem Khazns\, available at League for Yiddish or at other online sites. \nInstructor: Jonah Sidman
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/continuing-intermediates-motl-peyse-dem-khazns-15/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T200000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230303T161726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230329T194618Z
UID:10000432-1680116400-1680120000@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Voter Rights Phone Banking
DESCRIPTION:Join Boston Workers Circle and Workers Circle National for weekly Wednesday evening phonebanks! The Wisconsin Supreme Court election will be held in April. Recently\, the Wisconsin Supreme Court outlawed absentee dropboxes in a state that already has very restrictive Voter ID requirements\, making it harder for Black\, low-income citizens to cast their ballots. Join us as we call Black voters in Milwaukee to provide crucial information they need to vote in a race that will impact voting rights\, abortion rights\, and democracy for years to come. No experience is necessary and you can make calls from anywhere. \nWe phonebank in partnership with the Center for Common Ground\, a people of color-led organization that fights voter suppression and empowers underserved communities to connect voters of color with the information they need to vote by mail and to vote early in person. Our calls support on-the-ground efforts to reach Black voters by the NAACP\, Black Voters Matter\, and Mi Familia Vota. \nSign up here.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/voter-rights-phone-banking-4/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:General Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T203000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230110T205440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225038Z
UID:10000335-1680116400-1680121800@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Beginner\, Semester 2
DESCRIPTION:Students will continue learning from Colloquial Yiddish\, starting with a review of grammar already learned in BWC’s Fall Beginner\, 1st semester class and moving further ahead. Additionally\, songs and various multimedia materials will be used to expose students to current and historical Yiddish culture and to strengthen conversation skills and Yiddish reading ability. \nLevel: Geared to students who have taken a Beginner Semester 1 Boston Workers Circle class\, and we welcome newcomers who already know the alef-beys and some basic Yiddish grammar & vocabulary.  \nMaterials: Colloquial Yiddish\, available to purchase at The Yiddish Book Center or Routledge Textbooks or at other online sites \nInstructor: Abby Howell
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/beginner-semester-2-7/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T213000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230111T040103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225038Z
UID:10000345-1680120000-1680125400@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Advanced Brenendike Verter: Yidishe Dikhterins In Ukraine Nokh Der Revolutsye
DESCRIPTION:Level: The class is suited to advanced speakers and readers of Yiddish including students in past advanced BWC Yiddish classes.. We will discuss the poems and poets in Yiddish\, in a supportive environment that encourages each person to speak Yiddish freely and fearlessly to the best of their ability. \nMaterials:  Provided by instructor.   \nInstructor: Hinde Ena Burstin \nAvantgarde Yiddish women poets were trailblazers in the development of secular Yiddish literature in post-revolution Ukraine. The daring themes and imagery of many of their poems signified a fiery break with the restrictions of the past. In this course\, we will read a selection of these poems\, and will discuss the themes and stylistics\, as well as the biographical\, sociohistorical and literary contexts of the poems. We will explore ways that these poets transgressed gendered expectations in their subversive verse. \nברענענדיקע ווערטער: ייִדישע דיכטערינס אין אוקראַינע נאָך דער רעװאָלוציע \nייִדישע דיכטערינס האָבן קרעפֿטיק גענומען דאָס וואָרט אין אוקראַינע אין דער נאָך-רעוואָלוציע \nתּקופֿה. זיי האָבן זיך אויסגעצייכנט מיט די באַזונדערקייטן פֿון זייערע טעמעס און בילדער\, און \nמיט זייערע שעפֿערישע שפּילערײַען מיט ווערטער און קלאַנגען. זייערע אָריגינעלע לידער זײַנען \nאַ וויכטיקער צושטײַער צו דער אַנטוויקלונג פֿון וועלטלעכער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור. \nמיר וועלן צוזאַמען לייענען די פֿלאַמיקע פֿערזן פֿון פֿאַרשיידענע דינאַמישע דיכטערינס\, און וועלן \nאַרומרעדן די טײַטשן\, טעמעס און סטיליסטיק פֿון די לידער\, און די קאָנטעקסטן אין וועלכע די \nלידער זײַנען דערשינען.
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/advanced-brenendike-verter-yidishe-dikhterins-in-ukraine-nokh-der-revolutsye-7/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Classes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230331T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230331T120000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230106T013857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T213516Z
UID:10000198-1680258600-1680264000@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Yiddish Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Join our Yiddish Reading Group! We meet weekly (mostly) to read fiction in Yiddish. Group members select the readings which are usually short stories or novellas. Discussion is in English. Anyone who has taken an intermediate or advanced Yiddish class at the Workers’ Circle or has similar proficiency should be able to manage well in the group.  \nIf you would like more information about the group\, including the Zoom link\, email yiddishreadinggroup@circleboston.org
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/yiddish-reading-group-24/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish - Ongoing Programming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230331T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230331T200000
DTSTAMP:20260610T082521
CREATED:20230106T013700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T001526Z
UID:10000098-1680285600-1680292800@circleboston.org
SUMMARY:Support Space Ritual & Family Gathering
DESCRIPTION:The Support Space is designed for Shule caregivers who identify as OR who are the caregiver of a young person who identifies as Black\, a person of color\, a Jew of color\, Indigenous\, Sephardi\, and/or Mizrahi (JOCISM). \nContact supportspace@circleboston.org for more information
URL:https://circleboston.org/event/support-space-ritual-family-gathering-3/
LOCATION:Boston Workers Circle: Center for Jewish Culture & Social Justice\, 6 Webster St\, Brookline\, MA 02446\, USA
CATEGORIES:Shule
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