All these oyf, bay, keyn, fun… So short but extremely important words that help us put the words in a phrase together. Prepositions usually have many meanings and can be used in different contexts. We will focus on the ones that are most of all confusing for English speakers, i.e. the ones that sound […]
Verbs are probably the trickiest part of speech in Yiddish. Apart from three times, each of them having its own peculiarities, there are in/separable prefixes (arayngeyn – ikh gey arayn), participles (the ones that end with -dik but not just they), and such a unique thing as verb aspects. When you know all the […]
This workshop is a continuation of the workshop on Yiddish nouns, but can be taken separately as well. In this workshop, you will learn the declination of adjectives in different cases and genders, what is a basic form of an adjective and when to use it, what happens when you put an adjective after […]
Save the Date for our Yiddish Shmueskrayz with Tamara Gleason Freidberg
In this intensive workshop on Yiddish syntax we will focus on the word order. The rule that every Yiddish student learns in the very beginning is that “a verb stands on the second place in a sentence.” But in practice there are more nuances to it. There are “zero words” that come first but […]
Save the Date for our fundraiser, with the participation of our talented musicians Elizabeth Schwartz and Yale Strom.
Save the Date for a Summit of Yiddishists representing the West Coast! If you are interested in coming to the summit, please e-mail us at info@yiddishland.ca or call 858-220-2992.
Do you feel sadness, grief, anxiety, or a mix of emotions from the devastating effects of war? Let’s gather for community support, guided by a professional coach informed in trauma care. We don’t have to grapple with this by ourselves. This is the time to come together.
In this yoga class we will practice yoga and mindfulness that focuses on gratitude. Gratitude and yoga help detoxify the mind, body and connect to a larger reason for being.
Join us at Yiddishland California, for “Yiddishland Yada Yada,” an evening of art exploration! Open to people of all ages and backgrounds, this event aims to foster dialogue and critique around the artworks inside the Yiddishland Gallery. Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh will introduce the collection, Oleg Tsank – a Ukrainian Jewish artist living in San Diego, […]
Save the date for a "Book Talk" by Donald H. Harrison, as he discusses his new book series. You don't want to miss this one.
Celebrate Chanukkah at Yiddishland with Yale Strom and his book reading of Shoyml Boyml and his Lucky Dreidl. Yale will talk about his career as a researcher, movie maker, and an author. He will then read excerpts of the book in English and a bisele af Yiddish, and in addition play some Chanukkah music. We […]