Past Events
2026
Class starts Jan 5 4:00pm-5:30pm
[WY2026] Tradition and Innovation in Modern Yiddish Poetry: The Case of Dovid Hofshteyn (1889-1952)
Eugene Orenstein analyzes selected texts from Soviet Yiddish poet Dovid Hofshteyn in order to appreciate the genius of his poetics and the synthesis of his Jewishness and universalism.
Class starts Jan 5 1:00pm-2:30pm
[WY2026] An Introduction to Chaim Grade
Josh Price examines the life and work of Chaim Grade, one of the most profound voices in modern Yiddish literature.
Class starts Jan 5 11:00am-12:30pm
[WY2026] Alefbeys Workshop
Josh Price prepares students to start learning Yiddish with an introduction to the Yiddish alphabet, basic reading, writing, and pronunciation.
Class starts Jan 4 4:00pm-5:30pm
[WY2026] Hitting the Road with Ester-Rokhl
Follow Esther-Rokhl Kaminska from her native shtetl, to the barns in which her wandering troupe first performs, and eventually to the brightly lit stages of Warsaw in this class taught by Mikhl Yashinsky.