Nu, vilst redn a bisele yidish? An event for Yiddish enthusiasts the world over, the YIVO Yiddish club is an informal monthly gathering to celebrate Mame-loshn. Hosted by Shane Baker, sessions take place in English, and are liberally peppered with Yiddish. Each month Baker is joined by a different guest who discusses their work and a related Yiddish cultural theme. In the spirit of a club, sessions are held as interactive zoom meetings in which participants can see and hear one another. Each session includes ample time for audience questions, group discussion, and, time permitting, knock-down, drag-out arguments. Attendees need not know any Yiddish to attend, though some familiarity with the language is highly recommended.

Upcoming

	Yiddish Club with Shane Baker Sunday, October 15, 2023 | 2:00pm ET This session features actor, translator, and YIVO Yiddish Club host, Shane Baker, and includes special guest host, playwright and Tablet Magazine columnist, Rokhl Kafrissen. Learn more
	Yiddish Club with Lorin Sklamberg Sunday, November 19, 2023 | 2:00pm ET This session features multi-instrumentalist, YIVO Sound Archivist, and founding member of the Grammy Award-winning Yiddish-American roots band, the Klezmatics, Lorin Sklamberg. Learn more
	Yiddish Club with Dylan Seders Hoffman Sunday, December 10, 2023 | 3:00pm ET This session features actor, singer, filmmaker, and founder and artistic director of Chava Productions, Dylan Seders Hoffman. Learn more

Past Sessions

	Yiddish Club Mixer Sunday, May 7, 2023 | 2:00pm ET YIVO and the International Association of Yiddish Clubs (IAYC) join forces to present a Yiddish club mixer, allowing Yiddish clubs around the world the opportunity to share a bit about themselves, and to meet fellow Yiddish enthusiasts. Learn more
	Yiddish Hip Hop with Josh "Socalled" Dolgin Sunday, April 16, 2023 | 2:00pm ET This session features Josh "Socalled" Dolgin, a pianist, accordionist, producer, journalist, photographer, filmmaker, magician, cartoonist and puppet maker based in Montreal, Quebec. Learn more
	The Yiddish Forward with Rukhl Schaechter Sunday, March 12, 2023 | 2:00pm ET This session features Rukhl Schaechter, the editor of the Yiddish Forward (Forverts) and the producer and star of the YouTube series “Yiddish Word of the Day.” Learn more
	Theater and Storytelling with Eleanor Reissa Sunday, February 5, 2023 | 2:00pm ET This session features Eleanor Reissa, a Tony-nominated director; Broadway, film, and television actress; a prize-winning playwright, and an international singing artist. Learn more
	Yiddish in Rio with Sonia Kramer Sunday, December 11, 2022 | 2:00pm ET This session features Sonia Kramer, Professor at Pontific Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro/PUC-Rio and coordinator of the Núcleo Viver com Yiddish [Lebn far Yiddish Center]: research, courses, and cultural projects. Learn more
	Yiddish Songwriting Today with Adah Hetko Sunday, November 20, 2022 | 2:00pm ET This session features Adah Hetko, a Yiddish singer, songwriter, and educator. Learn more
	Contemporary Yiddish Creativity in Israel with Mendy Cahan Sunday, October 23, 2022 | 2:00pm ET This session features Mendy Cahan, founder of the YUNG YiDiSH Library and Cultural center in Tel Aviv. Learn more
	Zalmen Mlotek and Yiddish Theater Today Sunday, April 24, 2022 | 2:00pm ET This session features Zalmen Mlotek, conductor, composer, pianist, and the artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF), the longest continuously running Yiddish theatre in the world. Learn more
	Miglė Anušauskaitė and her Yiddish Cartoons Sunday, March 27, 2022 | 2:00pm ET This session features Miglė Anušauskaitė, a Judaica researcher and a cartoonist from Lithuania. Learn more
	Yiddish TikTok with Cameron Bernstein Sunday, February 20, 2022 | 2:00pm ET This session features Cameron Bernstein, an artist and Yiddishist from the Chicagoland Jewish community. Learn more
	Yiddish and Hasidic Culture in Film, TV, and Theater Today with Lili Rosen Sunday, December 12, 2021 | 2:00pm ET This session features actress, writer, and producer Lili Rosen for a discussion of Yiddish and Hasidic culture in film, TV, and theater today. Learn more
	Yiddish Puppetry with Jenny Romaine Sunday, November 21, 2021 | 2:00pm ET This session features director, designer and puppeteer Jenny Romaine, focusing on her work with Yiddish puppetry, in conversation with Eddy Portnoy. Learn more
	Yiddish Humor Today with YidLife Crisis Sunday, October 17, 2021 | 2:00pm ET This session features co-stars of the Yiddish-language comedy web series YidLife Crisis, Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman. Learn more
	Ashkenazi High Holiday Foods with Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz Sunday, September 12, 2021 | 2:00pm ET This session features co-founders of the Gefilteria Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz for a delectable discussion on Ashkenazi dishes traditionally eaten around the Jewish High Holidays. Learn more
	Yiddish Theater Music with Miryem-Khaye Seigel Sunday, July 25, 2021 | 2:00pm ET This session features Yiddish singer, songwriter, actor, and researcher in the field of Yiddish culture Miryem-Khaye Seigel for a discussion of her cultural work with Yiddish, and research in Yiddish theater music. Learn more
	Yiddish Duolingo and Learning Yiddish Today with Meena-Lifshe Viswanath, Isac Polasak, and Dovid Braun Sunday, June 27, 2021 | 2:00pm ET This session features Yiddish Duolingo creators Meena-Lifshe Viswanath and Isac Polasak, and YIVO's Summer Program Academic Director, Dovid Braun, for a discussion about methods and resources for learning Yiddish today, and decisions about dialects and other pedagogical questions that arise when teaching and learning Yiddish. Learn more
	Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell & The Repertoire of Sidor Belarsky Sunday, April 11, 2021 | 2:00pm ET This session features singer and composer Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell for a discussion of famed Yiddish singer Sidor Belarsky's repertoire and Yiddish folksong repertoire more broadly. Learn more
	Rokhl Kafrissen & Contemporary Yiddish Culture Sunday, March 14, 2021 | 2:00pm ET This session features playwright and Tablet Magazine columist Rokhl Kafrissen for a discussion of contemporary Yiddish culture. Learn more
	Michael Wex & Yiddish Humor Sunday, February 28, 2021 | 2:00pm ET Our first session will feature writer Michael Wex for a discussion of Yiddish comedy and Purim. Learn more