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SUMMARY:Yiddish for Beginners with Zach Golden
DESCRIPTION:In this beginner Yiddish course\, students will build foundational reading\, writing\, speaking\, grammar\, and vocabulary skills. The course begins with printed and cursive letters\, greetings\, and present-tense verbs\, then introduces numbers\, colors\, dates\, times\, songs\, poems\, games\, and aspects of Yiddish culture. \nWhen: Sundays\, October 11\, 18\, 25; November 1\, 8\, 15\, 2026\n12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. PT / 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CT / 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET \nWhere: Online via Zoom \nCost:\nEarly Bird: $180 if registered before Sunday\, September 27\, 2026\nRegular Admission: $220\nOne Class: $35 \nRegister for this event \nTeacher: Zach Golden \nZach Golden was Deputy Yiddish Editor of the Forward (Forverts) from 2022 to 2024. He was ordained as a rabbi at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles in 2020 and is co-founder of Der Nister Downtown Jewish Center in Downtown Los Angeles. \n 
URL:https://yiddishlandcalifornia.org/event/yiddish-for-beginners-with-zach-golden-november-first/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Yiddish
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SUMMARY:Let’s Learn Polish at Yiddishland
DESCRIPTION:This course offers a thoughtful introduction to the Polish language and an opportunity to explore culture and conversation in a supportive\, international setting. It is perfect for first-time learners and focused on useful\, real-life language you can start using right away. \nWhen: Wednesdays\, October 7 – November 11\, 2026: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. CT / 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 – 10:00 p.m. UK / 10:00 – 11:00 p.m. Central Europe \nWhere: Online via Zoom \nCost: \nEarly Bird: $180 (6 Classes)\, if registered before Wednesday\, September 23\, 2026. \nRegular Admission: $220 \nInstructor: Marta Kowalczyk \nMarta graduated in Polish philology at the University of Adam Mickiewicz and postgraduate studies in teaching Polish as a foreign language\, also at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Since 2016\, she has been teaching Polish at Migrant Info Point\, a non-governmental organization supporting migrants living in Poznań. She works with people at all levels of knowledge of the Polish language. \n 
URL:https://yiddishlandcalifornia.org/event/lets-learn-polish-at-yiddishland-november-fourth/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Polish
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America":MAILTO:info@yiddishland.org
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SUMMARY:Forging Survival: Operation Bernhard and the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:Jeremy Stern will talk about Operation Bernhard\, a German scheme to counterfeit British bank notes during World War II. Jewish prisoners were forced to become counterfeiters for the Nazi state. The Nazis hoped to use forged British paper money both to finance their agents across Europe and to undermine the British economy. Skilled Jewish captives were ordered to operate a makeshift forgery factory at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Their only choice was to produce convincing counterfeits for the SS\, or to die. The conscripted forgers made astonishingly close copies of British notes\, with only a few subtle errors. The prisoners faced a deadly dilemma: risk finishing the work and face certain death\, or play for time and risk the SS deciding the scheme was no longer worth the trouble. Finally\, the operation fell to pieces as the German war effort failed\, leaving the forgers’ fate hanging on the decisions and self-interest of the scheme’s SS commander. \nWhen : Sunday\, Nov 8\, 2026\, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT / 1–2 p.m. CT / 2–3 p.m. ET \nWhere : Zoom \nCost : \nEarly bird : $18 (if registered before Sunday\, October 25\, 2026) \nRegular admission : $25 \nRegister for this event \nAbout the Speaker : \nJeremy A. Stern\, Ph.D. is an independent historian\, writer\, and history educator. In addition to consulting on educational standards and content across the country\, he has written and spoken for both popular and professional audiences on a wide range of historical subjects. He has long been intrigued by the story of Operation Bernhard\, especially since he acquired an original forged Bernhard note – a rare direct physical trace from the Nazi camps.
URL:https://yiddishlandcalifornia.org/event/41397/
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America":MAILTO:info@yiddishland.org
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SUMMARY:Yiddish for Beginners with Zach Golden
DESCRIPTION:In this beginner Yiddish course\, students will build foundational reading\, writing\, speaking\, grammar\, and vocabulary skills. The course begins with printed and cursive letters\, greetings\, and present-tense verbs\, then introduces numbers\, colors\, dates\, times\, songs\, poems\, games\, and aspects of Yiddish culture. \nWhen: Sundays\, October 11\, 18\, 25; November 1\, 8\, 15\, 2026\n12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. PT / 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CT / 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET \nWhere: Online via Zoom \nCost:\nEarly Bird: $180 if registered before Sunday\, September 27\, 2026\nRegular Admission: $220\nOne Class: $35 \nRegister for this event \nTeacher: Zach Golden \nZach Golden was Deputy Yiddish Editor of the Forward (Forverts) from 2022 to 2024. He was ordained as a rabbi at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles in 2020 and is co-founder of Der Nister Downtown Jewish Center in Downtown Los Angeles. \n 
URL:https://yiddishlandcalifornia.org/event/yiddish-for-beginners-with-zach-golden-november-eighth/
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CATEGORIES:Yiddish
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SUMMARY:Let’s Learn Polish at Yiddishland
DESCRIPTION:This course offers a thoughtful introduction to the Polish language and an opportunity to explore culture and conversation in a supportive\, international setting. It is perfect for first-time learners and focused on useful\, real-life language you can start using right away. \nWhen: Wednesdays\, October 7 – November 11\, 2026: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. CT / 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 – 10:00 p.m. UK / 10:00 – 11:00 p.m. Central Europe \nWhere: Online via Zoom \nCost: \nEarly Bird: $180 (6 Classes)\, if registered before Wednesday\, September 23\, 2026. \nRegular Admission: $220 \nInstructor: Marta Kowalczyk \nMarta graduated in Polish philology at the University of Adam Mickiewicz and postgraduate studies in teaching Polish as a foreign language\, also at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Since 2016\, she has been teaching Polish at Migrant Info Point\, a non-governmental organization supporting migrants living in Poznań. She works with people at all levels of knowledge of the Polish language. \n 
URL:https://yiddishlandcalifornia.org/event/lets-learn-polish-at-yiddishland-november-eleventh/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Polish
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SUMMARY:Yiddish for Beginners with Zach Golden
DESCRIPTION:In this beginner Yiddish course\, students will build foundational reading\, writing\, speaking\, grammar\, and vocabulary skills. The course begins with printed and cursive letters\, greetings\, and present-tense verbs\, then introduces numbers\, colors\, dates\, times\, songs\, poems\, games\, and aspects of Yiddish culture. \nWhen: Sundays\, October 11\, 18\, 25; November 1\, 8\, 15\, 2026\n12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. PT / 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CT / 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET \nWhere: Online via Zoom \nCost:\nEarly Bird: $180 if registered before Sunday\, September 27\, 2026\nRegular Admission: $220\nOne Class: $35 \nRegister for this event \nTeacher: Zach Golden \nZach Golden was Deputy Yiddish Editor of the Forward (Forverts) from 2022 to 2024. He was ordained as a rabbi at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles in 2020 and is co-founder of Der Nister Downtown Jewish Center in Downtown Los Angeles. \n 
URL:https://yiddishlandcalifornia.org/event/yiddish-for-beginners-with-zach-golden-november-fifteenth/
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CATEGORIES:Yiddish
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