Legends of the AlefBet: Virtual Lecture & Live Art Sale

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Live on the Yiddishkayt Initiative Facebook page. Streaming live from Gallery 22 - Yaacov Heller. LECTURE: Miriam Hoffman’s epic examination of the origins of written language. At Columbia University, Professor Hoffman spent decades researching the folklore and legends of the ancient Hebrew and Yiddish alphabets. Now, utilizing and illustrating that research, Professor Hoffman entertains and educates her readers with the amazing stories that illuminate our modern languages. Utilizing the original 1919 artistic serigraphs of master artist Ben-Tsiyon Zuckerman, as well as the colorful Alefbet of master artist Michoel Muchnik—plus additional artistic and related imagery—each letter is examined through its history [...]

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The Yiddish Shakespeares – Virtual Lecture & Live Art Sale

Facebook Live

Live on the Yiddishkayt Initiative Facebook page. Streaming live from Gallery 22 - Yaacov Heller. LECTURE: This enlightening lecture presents an entertaining and educational evening introducing the depth and beauty of the great Yiddish writers. Through both Yiddish and English poetry and prose, we rediscover the lost treasures of Yiddish culture.  ART SALE: Live Art Sale from Gallery 22 - Yaacov Heller. RSVP

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Celebrating Yinglish: Virtual Lecture and Live Art Sale

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Live on the Yiddishkayt Initiative Facebook page. Streaming live from Gallery 22 - Yaacov Heller   LECTURE: This interactive lecture presents a celebration of ‘Yinglish’ - the unique American linguistic combination of Yiddish and English. From the over 5000 Yiddish words that have officially become a part of the English language, we have fun with the stories and words that celebrate the idiomatic phenomenon that laid the foundation for modern mainstream culture. Lecture participants will have the opportunity to play a role in the scenes and stories that make up this entertaining and humorous event.   ART SALE: Live Art [...]

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A Breed Apart: Virtual Lecture and Live Art Sale

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Live on the Yiddishkayt Initiative Facebook page. Streaming live from Gallery 22 - Yaacov Heller   LECTURE: A Breed Apart: Reflections of a Young Refugee Author, scholar, journalist, playwright and survivor Miriam Hoffman’s multimedia presentation of her latest book - A Breed Apart: Reflections of a Young Refugee. Together with her son, famed actor AVI Hoffman, this intellectual and emotional journey describes Hoffman’s experience as a young refugee girl growing up in a post-war DP (Displaced Person) refugee camp in Ulm, Germany, after the destruction of World War II. “A Breed Apart” is an engaging non-fiction tale of war and [...]

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Yiddish Fun-01

Zoom

The class meets every Wednesday from 7 PM to 8 PM on Zoom for 6 weeks. "This is one of the highlights of my week." - C. Fritz A 6-week conversational Yiddish online course utilizing the curricula and materials developed by Columbia University Professor Miriam Hoffman and under the guidance and direction of her son, renowned actor and course professor Avi Hoffman, connecting the academic roots of the Yiddish language with its incredible contributions to mainstream modern culture. This hands-on course emphasizes the humor and depth of the Yiddish Culture and encourages the course participants to personally engage in the [...]

$60.00

Yiddish Fun-02

Zoom

A 6 week course in a BISL advanced Conversational Yiddish with an entertaining and fun twist. Class start November 29th and meets every Sunday for 6 weeks.  This ‘slightly’ intermediate 60 minute fully interactive class entitled Yiddish Fun02 utilizes the curricula and materials developed by Columbia University Professor Miriam Hoffman and under the guidance and direction of her son, renowned actor and course professor Avi Hoffman, connecting the academic roots of the Yiddish language with its incredible contributions to mainstream modern culture. (Prior Knowledge of Yiddish or participation in YiddishFun01 is not necessary) REGISTER

$60.00

Yiddish Fun-03

Online

A 6-Week Advanced Conversational Yiddish Course Moderated by Avi Hoffman and Professor Miriam Hoffman Starts Sunday, December 20, 2020 Every Sunday from 2 - 3PM for 6 weeks This "nokh a bisl" intermediate 60 minute fully interactive class entitled Yiddish Fun-03 utilizes the curricula and materials developed by Columbia University Professor Miriam Hoffman and under the guidance and direction of her son, renowned actor and course professor Avi Hoffman, connecting the academic roots of the Yiddish language with its incredible contributions to mainstream modern culture. Prior Knowledge of Yiddish or participation in Yiddish Fun-01 or 02 is not necessary. REGISTER NOW [...]

$60.00

Yiddish Fun-02

Online

A 6 week course in a BISL advanced conversational Yiddish with an entertaining and fun twist. This class is every Thursday from 6:30pm - 7:30pm starting January 7, 2021 for 6 weeks. This bisl intermediate 60 minute fully interactive class entitled Yiddish Fun-02 utilizes the curricula and materials developed by Columbia University Professor Miriam Hoffman and under the guidance and direction of her son, renowned actor and course professor Avi Hoffman, connecting the academic roots of the Yiddish language with its incredible contributions to mainstream modern culture. Prior Knowledge of Yiddish or participation in Yiddish Fun-01 is not necessary. Register [...]

$60.00

Yiddish Fun-01

Online

The class meets every Sunday starting January 10, 2021 from Noon to 1pm on Zoom for 6 weeks. "This is one of the highlights of my week." - C. Fritz A 6-week conversational Yiddish online course utilizing the curricula and materials developed by Columbia University Professor Miriam Hoffman and under the guidance and direction of her son, renowned actor and course professor Avi Hoffman, connecting the academic roots of the Yiddish language with its incredible contributions to mainstream modern culture. This hands-on course emphasizes the humor and depth of the Yiddish Culture and encourages the course participants to personally engage [...]

$60.00

YI Remembers: Remembering Kristallnacht

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“Remembering Kristallnacht” is a historical, artistic program to remembering the horrific night of November 9-10, 1938, and the violence committed by the Nazis throughout Germany and Austria against Jews and their property, which initiated the horrors of Nazi Germany and culminated in concentration camps across Europe. “Remembering Kristallnacht” will commemorate the horrific events of 1938, and will feature the art of Martin Levin, an accomplished artist whose intricately-detailed miniature buildings are world-renowned. Levin is meticulously recreating many of the exterior features of the Jewish synagogues destroyed in Germany and Austria on Kristallnacht. Levin has said this is his own personal [...]

The Last Survivor (A Lucky Guy) – A New Play Reading

Facebook Live

"The Last Survivor (A Lucky Guy)" will be a play reading written and directed by Tony Award-nominated director, playwright and actress Eleanor Reissa and starring Avi Hoffman and a national cast of actors including Jill Abramovitz, Lori Wilner, Adam Grupper, Robert Zuckerman, Jakob Plummer and Etai Benson. play is part of a published anthology by Reissa encompassing six decades of modern Jewish life in the United States, exploring the subtle and not-so-subtle effects of a post-Holocaust world on a modern American woman.. Her plays are bound together by a unique slant toward life, death, God and love, depicting what is [...]

God and the Holocaust: A Commemoration Concert

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“God and the Holocaust: A Commemoration Concert” Featuring the talents of Maestro Aaron Kula and his Klezmer Company Jazz Orchestra and Avi Hoffman - This concert is focused upon the Jewish world in wartime Europe and the relationship between Jews and God in Holocaust literature and music -- as depicted in the writings and songs of the great Yiddish poets, composers and writers. This performance is part of YI’s Klezmer in Quarantine series and their steadfast commitment to applying the lessons of the Holocaust to today’s world. More Information

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