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Past Events
Sun, Apr 14Beis YichudApr 14, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDTBeis Yichud, 6932 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626, USAשמועסט אויף ייִדיש מיט ייִדישיסטן פֿון אַלע ניװאָען Chat in Yiddish with Yidishists of all levels.
Sun, Apr 14zoomApr 14, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDTzoomJoin German Historian Anette Isaacs on a captivating journey through the days of the Gold Rush to learn about Levi Strauss, a Bavarian Jew whose ingenious business sense and German ingenuity made the blue jeans world-famous.- Sun, Mar 31Beis YichudMar 31, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDTBeis Yichud, 6932 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626, USAשמועסט אויף ייִדיש מיט ייִדישיסטן פֿון אַלע ניװאָען Chat in Yiddish with Yidishists of all levels.
- Sun, Mar 31zoomMar 31, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDTzoomJoin German Historian Anette Isaacs on a captivating journey through the days of the Gold Rush to learn about Levi Strauss, a Bavarian Jew whose ingenious business sense and German ingenuity made the blue jeans world-famous.
Sun, Jan 28zoomJan 28, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CSTzoomJoin the YIVO Sound Archivist for a virtual tour of the holdings of one of the world’s largest repositories of audio materials pertaining to the Ashkenazic experience.
Sun, Oct 15Illinois Holocaust MuseumOct 15, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PMIllinois Holocaust Museum, 9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL 60077, USAMit Vund un Vunder/With Wounds and Wonder: The Poetry of Yiddish Song
Tue, Aug 15Skokie Public LibraryAug 15, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CDTSkokie Public LibraryAn art deco romantic comedy about male ambivalence and Jewish assimilation (in Yiddish, with English subtitles)
Wed, Aug 09Highland Park Public LibraryAug 09, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDTHighland Park Public LibrarySteve Gibons brings music of Yiddish activism to Yivo at the Highland Park Library
Tue, Aug 08Northtown, Chicago Public LibraryAug 08, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDTNorthtown, Chicago Public LibraryAnnette Bjorling (harp) and Kurt Bjorling (clarinet, basset-horn) invite you to a musical journey through different eras and styles of klezmer
Thu, Aug 03Northbrook Public LibraryAug 03, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDTNorthbrook Public LibraryBibi Marcell and Gail Mangurten will play Yiddish soul music that will warm your hearts and make you want to clap and sing along!
Thu, Jul 20Morton Grove Public LibraryJul 20, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDTMorton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave, Morton Grove, IL 60053, USAThe 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.
Wed, Jul 12Prospect Heights Public LibraryJul 12, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDTProspect Heights Public LibraryAn interactive musical presentation featuring Ukrainian and Jewish songs by Cantor Pavel Roytman and Chicago based Ukrinain singer -song writer Sofi Fraser
Tue, Jul 11Skokie Public LibraryJul 11, 2023, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDTSkokie Public LibraryAn afternoon of Yiddish song, humor, and lore
Sun, Jul 09ZoomJul 09, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDTZoomCome hang out with the language, enjoy some games, trivia, and learn a little! No previous Yiddish experience required.
Thu, Jul 06Northbrook Public LibraryJul 06, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDTNorthbrook Public LibraryFor 40 years, Maxwell Street Klezmer Band has been spreading its special take on traditional klezmer to the Chicagoland area and the world, with a schmear of Jewish folk music, a dollop of jazz, and bissel brassy Broadway
Thu, Jun 15Morton Grove Public LibraryJun 15, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDTMorton Grove Public LibraryJewish tales from Midrash, folklore and Hasidic sources performed with grace, Yiddishkeit, and humor by storyteller Susan Stone
Fri, Jun 02Northbrook Public LibraryJun 02, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDTNorthbrook Public LibraryViolinists Jake Shulman-Ment and Abigale Reisman, and multi-instrumentalist Kurt Bjorling, combine forces to present a virtuosic and energetic journey through raucous dance tunes, meditative listening music, original compositions, and new settings of Yiddish poetry
Sun, May 21Live via ZoomMay 21, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDTLive via ZoomA personal account of Dr. Schwarz's decades long journey in the footsteps of Bashevis, the only Yiddish writer to receive the Nobel Laureate in literature
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