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Yiddish Classes at the Downtown Synagogue


  • Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters 1220 Griswold Street Detroit, MI, 48226 United States (map)

Are you interested in connecting with the Yiddish language?! Then this is the class to begin your journey!


We will be offering a language and culture course teaching Yiddish through the artistic and political movements of (mostly) nineteenth and twentieth century Ashkenazic Jews, giving students the linguistic knowledge to further unearth the Yiddish lexicon for themselves.
 
Subjects covered: Yiddishland, Yiddish dialects, Yiddish linguistic theories, Yiddish-American slang, Classics, Satire, Folksongs, Poetry, Theater, Film, Socialism, Communism, Anarchism, Yiddish Expressionism and Introspectivism, Yiddish and Hebrew, Yiddish and German, Yiddish and Israel.

There will be a total of 8 sessions. Due to a scheduling change, classes will now be held on Sundays, 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. at the Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters (1220 Griswold St, Detroit, MI 48226). Classes will be led by Ollie Elkus, Yiddish translator.

If you are interested in enrolling in classes, please email Nicole Feinberg.

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OUR VALUES

ACTION • HUMILITY • PLACE-BASED • COURAGE TO LEARN & HAVE DIALOGUE • KEHILA/ABUNDANCE • DIVERSITY & INCLUSION • KINDNESS & COMPASSION • INTEGRATING RITUAL & ACTION

Thank you to the following foundations for their generous support of our work and mission to serve Jewish Detroit.

Norman and Esther Allan Foundation • Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Foundation • William Davidson Foundation • Max and Marjorie Fisher Foundation • Gilbert Family Foundation • The Jewish Fund • D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation • Donald R. and Esther Simon Family Foundation • Ben Teitel Fund