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Selected materials for learning Yiddish

Alphabet

Alphabet with English explanations (1 2)

Alphabet with Hebrew explanations (1 2 3 4)

Alphabet with French explanations

Alphabet with Swedish explanations

Alphabet with Russian explanations

Alphabet with audio and illustrations

 

Courses for English speakers

Animated course for beginners

Video courses for beginners and low-intermediate students

"A Shmek Yiddish" (A Taste of Yiddish)

"Yiddish for Dummies"

"College Yiddish" textbook by U. Weinreich

Textbook by D. Tarant

Grammar book by D. Katz

 

Courses for speakers of other European languages

For German speakers (1 2 3)

For Swedish speakers 

For Russian speakers

For Ukrainian speakers

For Polish speakers

 

Dictionaries

The Large Yiddish-Yiddish Dictionary project

Yiddish-English & English-Yiddish dictionary by U. Weinreich (scanned)

Yiddish-Hebrew-English dictionary by A. Harkavy (scanned)

Yiddish-English & English-Yiddish dictionary (online) (1 2)

Yiddish-Hebrew dictionary by M. Tzanin (scanned)

Hebrew-Yiddish dictionary by M. Tzanin (scanned) (1 2)

Yiddish-Russian dictionary by B. Podolsky (online)

Yiddish-Russian dictionary by B. Weinblat (scanned)

Yiddish-Russian dictionary by A. Soldatov (scanned)

Yiddish-Russian dictionary by D. Tishchenko (scanned)

Yiddish-Polish dictionary (online)

Yiddish-Dutch dictionary (online)

Yiddish-English slang dictionary

Yiddish-Hebrew-English-Russian verbs dictionary

Yiddish-Hebrew-English-German-Russian dictionary for children

"The Treasury of Yiddish" by N. Stuchkov (1 2)

UPDATE YOUR YIDDISH BOOKSHELF

Editors-in-Chief: Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath and Paul Glasser

Associate Editor: Chava Lapin

Indiana University Press, 2021

After only 5???? years, the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary

has been reissued in a revised and expanded second edition!

·    More than 84,000 entries and subentries.

·    Close to 1,000 additional words and expressions.

·    New contemporary terminology in the realms of social and political life, science and technology.

·    Inclusion of more longstanding Yiddish words and expressions.

ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! 

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Non-members: $35

“Magnificent” (Prof. Mikhail Krutikov) 

“Monumental achievement” (Prof. David E. Fishman)

“Bold” and “American Jewry’s Declaration of Equal Rights” (Prof. David G. Roskies)

https://leagueforyiddish.org/verterbukh2ed.html

News

April 1, 2025: Dr. Aya Elyada to lecture on Tz'enah Ur'ena at Bar-Ilan University

April 1, 2025: Dr. Aya Elyada to lecture on Tz'enah Ur'ena at Bar-Ilan University

On Tuesday, April 1, 2025, Dr. Aya Elyada of the Hebrew University (Jerusalem) will appear in Hebrew at the colloquium of the Center for Yiddish Studies at Bar-Ilan University at 2:00 PM. The to…

New Yiddish club in Ashdod

A new Yiddish club has opened at the community center (MATNAS) of the Tet quarter of the town of Ashdod. Address: Sderot Rishon Le'Tsiyon St. 4. Vered Kopel teaches Yiddish on Mondays …
April 6, 2025: Julia Feldsherovich to sing in Ashdod

April 6, 2025: Julia Feldsherovich to sing in Ashdod

On Sunday, April 6, 2025, the singer Julia Feldsherovich will perform in Yiddish at the Passover party in the Ashdod Yiddish club, located at the community center (Matnas) of the Tet quarter: Sd…
April 4, 2025 in Tel Aviv: launch of Yushkovsky's book

April 4, 2025 in Tel Aviv: launch of Yushkovsky's book

The festive event of launching Dr. Mordechai Yushkovsky's new book "A brik ibern taykh fun zikorn" / "Gesher me'al nahar ha-zikaron" ("A Bridge Over the River of Memory") will be held on Thursday, Ap…

March 30, 2025: Maxim Levinsky to sing in Herzliya

On Sunday, March 30, 2025, the singer Maxim Levinsky will perform in Yiddish at the pensioners' club at Sirkin St. 6, Herzliya, at 4:00 p.m. Regina Dricker will accompany him on the piano. The…
Benny Mer's new book: "The Golden Feather"

Benny Mer's new book: "The Golden Feather"

A new book for little children, "Notsat haZahav" ("The Golden Feather") by Benny Mer, has been published. It tells adventures of the Golden Peacock - a symbol of the Yiddish culture.  The sto…
January 13, 2025 in Tel-Aviv: remembering Jewish partisans of Lithuania

January 13, 2025 in Tel-Aviv: remembering Jewish partisans of Lithuania

On Monday, January 13, 2025, a memorial meeting of "Litvaks" will take place at the Tel Aviv's "Vilna House" (Yehudit ave. 30, "Beit Vilna veHaSviva") at 6:00 PM. Prof. Dina Porat will talk about…

February 23, 2025: Dr. Leonid Roitman's lecture in Ra'anana

On Sunday, February 23, 2025, at the Retirement Culture and Leisure Center (HaHagana st. 114, Ra'anana) a lecture by Dr. Leonid Roitman on the history of the Yiddish theater will be held at 6:00 PM…
February 10, 2025: Chaya Livni plays violin in Hod HaSharon

February 10, 2025: Chaya Livni plays violin in Hod HaSharon

On Monday, February 10, 2025, the violinist Chaya Livni will perform at the Volunteers club in Hod HaSharon (Zhabotinsky st. 7) at 10:45 AM.  The event is s…
February 6, 2025: Vira Lozinsky's concert in Ra'anana

February 6, 2025: Vira Lozinsky's concert in Ra'anana

On Tuesday, February 6, 2025, the Yiddish singer Vira Lozinsky will perform at the Mame-Loshn Club, located at Opsterland St. 2, Ra'anana, at 5:00 PM.  The event is sponso…

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