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Yiddish in Chicagoland
CONCERTS * CLASSES * LECTURES * FILMS
Our MISSION
The Chicago YIVO Society is a local affiliate of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. The mission of Chicago YIVO is to entertain and educate the local community through subsidized lectures, music programs, and film screenings that reflect the rich heritage and diversity of Jewish culture, and to ensure the future of Yiddish through language education.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Sun, Jul 13Northbrook Public LibraryStewart Figa, Yiddish vocalist, actor, and cantor sings his favorite songs from Yiddish theater, the Yiddish folk repertoire, and reminisces about his experience of working in the Yiddish Theatre and his love of his mother tongue.
- Sun, Jul 20Skokie Public LibraryJewish people have great experience in laughing and joking to get through difficult times. We are living in difficult times. Rabbi Schechter will help us!
- Sun, Jul 27Northtown CPL BranchThe program includes liturgical music, virtuosic mazltovs and celebratory dances, as well as instrumental versions of traditional folk songs.
- Multiple DatesSun, Jul 27ZoomCome enjoy a relaxed discussion about Yiddish expressions and idioms
- Tue, Aug 05Northbrook Public LibraryAudiences of all backgrounds and ages will enjoy the variety, virtuosity, and humor of a Maxwell Street Klezmer Quintet performance.
- Sun, Aug 24Morton Grove Public LibraryRegistration will start on July 22nd! The Chicago Klezmer Ensemble presents an elegant and knowledgeable approach to klezmer music that retains the earthy, human, and expressive qualities that give traditional klezmer music a direct contact with the listener.

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