Over the course of eight sessions, students will begin their journey into Yiddishland, exploring both the language and get a taste of its rich culture. The course begins with learning to read and write the alef-beys (alphabet). From there, students will soon be ready to read selections from Yiddish literature, sing traditional Yiddish folksongs, and practice everyday […]

Jennifer Stern will talk about the painter Yehuda Pen, who was Marc Chagall’s first art teacher in Vitebsk, Russia. Pen was not an obviously revolutionary artist: he trained at the art academy in St. Petersburg, and painted in an old-fashioned style. But he was the first Russian artist to combine traditional techniques with openly Jewish […]