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קאָנטאַקט
Yiddish in Chicagoland
CONCERTS * CLASSES * LECTURES * FILMS
With ONLINE EVENTS During Covid!
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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.
Nu, Chicago, WHADDYA
say?!
WE'RE BACK LIVE!
The Chicago YIVO Society is holding both
in-person and online events, including live lectures, concerts, classes, and Yiddish conversation.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Sun, Feb 12Live via ZoomJoin us for a musical program and conversation with the "poet laureate of new Yiddish songwriting"!
Sun, Feb 26Live via ZoomHow did Yiddishist writers and poets look to culture and poetry to aid their community in the 1930s, and how did they reckon with the limits of culture itself?
Sun, Mar 05Live via Zoomהרב בערל שעכטער וועט דיסקוטירן די פאַרשיידענע יידישע דיאַלעקטן. די לעקציע וועט זייַן אויף יידיש.