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Past Events

  • Zing Mir A Lidele!/זינג מיר אַ לידעלע!/ Sing Me a Song in Yiddish!
    Zing Mir A Lidele!/זינג מיר אַ לידעלע!/ Sing Me a Song in Yiddish!
    Sun, Aug 25
    Highland Park Public Library
    Aug 25, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT
    Highland Park Public Library, 494 Laurel Ave, Highland Park, IL 60035, USA
    with Cantor Stewart Figa, accompanied by Ilya Levinson and Ronnie Kuller
  • Jews and Science
    Jews and Science
    Thu, Aug 22
    Skokie Public Library
    Aug 22, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
    Skokie Public Library, 5215 Oakton St, Skokie, IL 60077, USA
    The relation of Jews to science, with particular examples of Jewish physicists, will be presented by Professor Jeffry Mallow.
  • Maxwell St. Klezmer Sextet
    Maxwell St. Klezmer Sextet
    Sun, Aug 11
    Northbrook Public Library
    Aug 11, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT
    Northbrook Public Library, 1201 Cedar Ln, Northbrook, IL 60062, USA
    Merging traditional klezmer dance music with classical finesse and a healthy dose of quirky humor, the Maxwell Street Klezmer Quintet shares the Joy of Klez in its performances.
  • Hasidim: A Social and Religious Revolution in Modern Judaism
    Hasidim: A Social and Religious Revolution in Modern Judaism
    Wed, Aug 07
    Morton Grove Public Library
    Aug 07, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
    Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave, Morton Grove, IL 60053, USA
    with Joshua Shanes
  • Yiddish and Laughter
    Yiddish and Laughter
    Wed, Jul 31
    Highland Park Public Library
    Jul 31, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
    Highland Park Public Library, 494 Laurel Ave, Highland Park, IL 60035, USA
    with Rabbi Barry Schechter, Congregation Kol Emeth Skokie
  • An Afternoon of Yiddish Nostalgia
    An Afternoon of Yiddish Nostalgia
    Sun, Jul 21
    Morton Grove Public Library
    Jul 21, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT
    Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave, Morton Grove, IL 60053, USA
    Bibi Marcell and Gail Mangurten will play Yiddish soul music that will warm your hearts and make you want to clap and sing along!
  • Wise Women, Rabbis, Demons and Misers: Tales from the Jewish Tradition
    Wise Women, Rabbis, Demons and Misers: Tales from the Jewish Tradition
    Sun, Jul 14
    Skokie Public Library
    Jul 14, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT
    Skokie Public Library, 5215 Oakton St, Skokie, IL 60077, USA
    with Susan Stone
  • Feature Film "?װער װעט בלײַבן/Ver Vet Blaybn?" (Who Will Remain?)
    Feature Film "?װער װעט בלײַבן/Ver Vet Blaybn?" (Who Will Remain?)
    Thu, Jul 11
    Northbrook
    Jul 11, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
    Northbrook, 1201 Cedar Ln, Northbrook, IL 60062, USA
    Documenatry about the Yiddish writer Avrom Sutzkever (60 minutes)
  • The KlezMeydlech
    The KlezMeydlech
    Sun, Jun 30
    Northtown Library
    Jun 30, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT
    Northtown Library, 6800 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60645, USA
    with Shirlee Todd, Gail Mangurten, and Irina Kaufman ​Klezmer and Yiddish favorites, pieces from Jewish Spain and the Middle East, and music inspired by Jewish American composers
  • ShmuesKrayz שמועסקרײַז
    ShmuesKrayz שמועסקרײַז
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, Jun 23
    Foster Beach
    Jun 23, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    Foster Beach, Foster Beach, Illinois 60660, USA
    שמועסט אויף ייִדיש מיט ייִדישיסטן פֿון אַלע ניװאָען Chat in Yiddish with Yidishists of all levels.
  • Ukrainian vs Jewish: Musical Borrowings as Means of Expression
    Ukrainian vs Jewish: Musical Borrowings as Means of Expression
    Sun, Jun 23
    Morton Grove Public Library
    Jun 23, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT
    Morton Grove Public Library, 6140 Lincoln Ave, Morton Grove, IL 60053, USA
    with Cantor Pavel Roytman and Sofi Fraser
  • Chicago Klezmer Ensemble Concert
    Chicago Klezmer Ensemble Concert
    Sun, Jun 09
    Northbrook Public Library
    Jun 09, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT
    Northbrook Public Library, 1201 Cedar Ln, Northbrook, IL 60062, USA
    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.
  • Fear and Desires: Two Women, Two Yiddish Authors, Two Translations
    Fear and Desires: Two Women, Two Yiddish Authors, Two Translations
    Sun, May 26
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    May 26, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
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    Chana Blankshteyn’s story collection, Fear, and Celia Dropkin’s novel, Desires—newly translated by Anita Norich—ask us to reconsider what we think about translation, Yiddish literature, and women’s writing in Yiddish.
  • Yes, you can say it in Yiddish! The making of a new English-Yiddish dictionary
    Yes, you can say it in Yiddish! The making of a new English-Yiddish dictionary
    Tue, May 21
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    May 21, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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    Hear a lively presentation and discussion on the making of the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary.
  • Shadows — Songs from Testimonies in the Fortunoff Video Archive
    Shadows — Songs from Testimonies in the Fortunoff Video Archive
    Sun, May 19
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    May 19, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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    Shotns / Shadows is a immersive musical program by the composer, musicologist, and performing artist D. Zisl Slepovitch, based on the testimonies given by Holocaust survivors to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University.
  • Yiddish and Science Fiction
    Yiddish and Science Fiction
    Sun, Apr 28
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    Apr 28, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
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    Award-winning essayist, translator, and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans takes us through a journey of futuristic Yiddish.
  • ShmuesKrayz שמועסקרײַז
    ShmuesKrayz שמועסקרײַז
    Sun, Apr 14
    Beis Yichud
    Apr 14, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    Beis Yichud, 6932 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626, USA
    שמועסט אויף ייִדיש מיט ייִדישיסטן פֿון אַלע ניװאָען Chat in Yiddish with Yidishists of all levels.
  • Levi Strauss, the Gold Rush, and the World’s Most Famous Pair of Pants
    Levi Strauss, the Gold Rush, and the World’s Most Famous Pair of Pants
    Sun, Apr 14
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    Apr 14, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
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    Join 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.
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