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Class starts Aug 24 6:30pm-8:00pm

[FALL2025] Alefbeys Workshop

Moishele Alfonso prepares students to start learning Yiddish with an introduction to the Yiddish alphabet, basic reading, writing, and pronunciation.

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Class starts Sep 8 11:00am-12:30pm

[FALL2025] Advanced I Yiddish (Monday)

This weekly class enhances listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Intermediate IV Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 8 11:00am-12:30pm

[FALL2025] Advanced II Yiddish

This weekly class enhances listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Advanced I Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 8 1:30pm-3:00pm

[FALL2025] Intermediate IV Yiddish (Monday)

This weekly class enhances listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Intermediate III Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 8 6:30pm-8:00pm

[FALL2025] Beginner II Yiddish (Monday)

This weekly class develops listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Beginner I Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 8 6:30pm-8:00pm

[FALL2025] Beginner II Yiddish (In-person)

This weekly class develops listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Beginner I Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 9 3:00pm-4:30pm

[FALL2025] Intermediate IV Yiddish (Tuesday)

This weekly class enhances listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Intermediate III Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 9 6:00pm-7:30pm

[FALL2025] Advanced Topics in Yiddish Literature & Grammar: Autobiographical Writing in Yiddish

This twice-weekly class enhances listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Advanced II Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 9 6:00pm-7:30pm

[FALL2025] Beginner III Yiddish (In-person)

This weekly class develops listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Beginner II Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 10 9:30am-11:00am

[FALL2025] Readings in Yiddish Prose

Read, listen to, and talk about short stories, essays, journalistic writing, folklore, and more from a literary and linguistic point of view with Vera Szabó.

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Class starts Sep 11 11:00am-12:30pm

[FALL2025] Intermediate II Yiddish

This weekly class develops listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Intermediate I Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 11 11:00am-12:30pm

[FALL2025] Beginner II Yiddish (Thursday)

This weekly class enhances listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Beginner I Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 11 6:00pm-7:30pm

[FALL2025] Intermediate I Yiddish

This weekly class enhances listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Beginner IV Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 14 10:00am-11:30am

[FALL2025] Intermediate III Yiddish

This weekly class develops listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Intermediate II Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 14 10:30am-12:00pm

[FALL2025] Beginner IV Yiddish

This weekly class develops listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Beginner III Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 14 12:00pm-1:30pm

[FALL2025] The Prose Poems of Avrom Sutzkever

Shane Baker explores the short stories of Yiddish writer Avrom Sutzkever, considering his prose from historical, cultural, and literary points of view.

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Class starts Sep 14 2:00pm-3:30pm

[FALL2025] Advanced III Yiddish (Sunday Afternoon)

This weekly class enhances listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Advanced II Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 14 3:00pm-4:30pm

[FALL2025] Beginner II Yiddish (Sunday)

This weekly class develops listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Beginner I Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 14 6:00pm-7:30pm

[FALL2025] Advanced III Yiddish (Sunday Evening)

This weekly class enhances listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Advanced II Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 15 11:00am-12:30pm

[FALL2025] Beginner III Yiddish (Monday)

This weekly class develops listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Beginner II Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 18 3:00pm-4:30pm

[FALL2025] Advanced I Yiddish (Thursday)

This weekly class enhances listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Intermediate IV Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 18 3:00pm-4:30pm

[FALL2025] Beginner III Yiddish (Thursday)

This weekly class develops listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is primarily for students who have completed Beginner II Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

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Class starts Sep 21 11:00am-12:30pm

[FALL2025] Beginner I Yiddish (Sunday Morning)

This weekly class covers the alef-beys and grammar, vocabulary, and conversational basics. It is for those who are new to the Yiddish language or would like a review.

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Class starts Sep 21 12:00pm-1:30pm

[FALL2025] Advanced Topics in Yiddish Literature & Grammar: "Yiddish" as a Theme in Yiddish Literature

This weekly class enhances listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills. It is is appropriate for Yiddish students at the advanced level.

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Class starts Sep 21 3:00pm-4:30pm

[FALL2025] Beginner I Yiddish (Sunday Afternoon)

This weekly class covers the alef-beys and grammar, vocabulary, and conversational basics. It is for those who are new to the Yiddish language or would like a review.

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