Jan

9 2023

Speak Yiddish Think Jewish: Lecture Two

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

Congregation Etz Chayim 123 Matheson Avenue East
Winnipeg, MB
204-589-6305

Contact Monica Neiman
204-589-6305 ext. 23
mneiman@etzchayim.ca
http://congregationetzchayim.ca

$ Cost $ 0.00

Speak Yiddish Think Jewish: Cultural Learning Series

with Professor Itay Zutra of University of Manitoba’s Jewish Studies Department

This lecture series will introduce students to the rich treasures of modern Yiddish culture. Spanning from late 19th century Europe and ending with the Holocaust and beyond, we will explore such treasures as jokes, curses and blessings, short stories, poems, plays, and films, to showcase the possibilities as well as limitations of a secular modern Jewish culture in Yiddish in all diasporas (Israel included). No prior knowledge of Yiddish required!

Mondays 

  • November 7 - Introduction to Modern Yiddish Culture
  • January 9 - The Classics: Sholem Aleichem and Y. L. Peretz 
  • February 13 - Are Jews Funny: Jokes and Curses 
  • March 13 - Yiddish Speaking Women: On Women Writing Yiddish
  • April 3 - Anti-Jewish: Yiddish in the Age of Modernism
  • May (Date TBD) - The Holocaust and Yiddish

Time: 7:00 - 8:30pm

Location: ZOOM

Cost: $18/lecture or $100 for the series

To register, please contact Congregation Etz Chayim at (204) 589-6305 or email us at info@etzchayim.ca

Register by Friday, November 4