Yiddish House London - ייִדישע שטוב לאָנדאָן

Two online Yiddish beginners' courses are starting on 19 October; sign up now! lbc.ac.uk/lehrhaus-languages

Yiddish: Absolute Beginners is an online class with Babel's Blessing Language School that will guide you from reading the Yiddish alphabet to reading authentic Yiddish literature! Sign up here to start on 11 September: bit.ly/4ndfazR

Image: A kheyder from An-ski's expedition, from Petersburg Judaica collection

Yiddish: Intermediate II is an online class with Babel's Blessing with a focus on the role of women as subjects, readers and authors of Yiddish literature! Sign up here to start on 14 September: bit.ly/4nkeyss

Image: Woman in Proskurov reading, from An-ski's expedition in the Petersburg Judaica collection

Yiddish: Beginners III is an online class with Babel's Blessing that will focus on getting students up to an intermediate level, while reading about Yiddish folklore at the same time! Write with any questions, and sign up here to start on 15 September: http://bit.ly/482F7Oj

Drawing by El Lissitzky, from Leyb Kvitko, Vaysrusishe folkmayses (1923)

THERE'S TIME TO SIGN UP FOR YIDDISH CLASSES THIS TERM! Look at the courses available online and in-person with:

Babel's Blessing: www.babelsblessing.org/yiddish (from September)

Leo Baeck College: lbc.ac.uk/lehrhaus-languages (from October)

The Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages: www.ochjs.ac.uk/osrjl-applications-for-michaelmas-term-2025-26 (from September)

..and more still to come! Just contact us to get put in touch with a private tutor!

Come to this fascinating talk about the Rebbe Shayele and its significance in the Hasidic community by Dr. Sam Shuman and chaired by Dr. Sonia Gollance.

“A Saint Against the State? The Contemporary Revival of a Hasidic Miracle Worker” This lecture focuses on an emergent, transnational Hasidic revival movement centered around the Kerestirer Rebbe, Yeshaya Steiner (“Shayele”), a Hungarian “miracle-worker” who lived in Hungary from 1851-1925. His iconic portrait is commonly associated with mystical protection against the infestation of rodents in Jewish homes and businesses. Shuman reveals how this is only one small piece of Shayele’s broader populist appeal, however. They does this by interweaving hagiographic texts, Hasidic social media, and ethnography with anthropological theory and political theology on hospitality, sovereignty, and patronage.

UCL, Hebrew and Jewish Studies Department RSVP to get room number

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish/events/2025/may/saint-against-state-contemporary-revival-hasidic-miracle-worker

FIVE NEW YIDDISH COURSES online and in-person starting very soon with Babel's Blessing! Sign up here: www.babelsblessing.org/yiddish

Tickets are on sale for the 2025 Yiddish Sof-Vokh UK! Buy yours here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/yiddishcafetrust/1589338

A New Yiddish Speaking Circle (meeting this week!) - write to us for the location!

Have you bought your ticket yet for the Yiddish Sof Vokh 2024? Read about it here and get your early bird ticket this month!

צי האָט איר שוין געקויפֿט אײַערע בילעטן פֿאַרן ייִדיש־סוף־וואָך 2024? לייענט וועגן אים דאָ און כאַפּט אַ בילעט; ביזן סוף מאַרץ זײַנען אַלע בילעטן ביליקער!

דער דריטער ייִדיש־סוף־װאָך אין ענגלאַנד קומט פֿאָר פֿונעם 21סטן ביזן 23סטן יוני לעבן בירמינגהאַם. מיר געניסן און האַלטן װאַרשטאַטן און רעפֿעראַטן. מיר זינגען, שמועסן, שפּילן, קוקן זיך צו בײַם „אָפענעם מיקראָפֿאָן“ און שפּאַצירן צוזאַמען אין דער נאַטור. פֿאַרשרײַבט זיך באַלד – ביזן סוף מאַרץ זײַנען אַלע בילעטן ביליקער. פֿאַראַן אױך הנחות. מער פּרטים און רעגיסטרירט זיך׃ https://yiddishcafe.com/sof-vokh-yi/