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December 30, 2025: chat in Yiddish about the writer David Umru

We continue our cooperation with Beit Leivik, and this time we invite you to chat in small groups with Shlomo Lerman about the Yiddish writer David Umru. The meeting will take place on Zoom on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at 6:00 PM (Israel time).

Admission is free and everyone is welcome! Please register in advance here: https://www.leyvik.org/event-details/lamyr-kapn-a-smws-wyp-mam-lswn-4/form

The event is supported by the National Authority for Yiddish Culture.

David Umru's books can be purchased at the bookstore:

Dertseylungen (1910–1941) - Yiddish

Dertseylungen | Sipurim - Yiddish/Hebrew

 

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