Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series
This lecture series introduces audiences to some of the breadth and depth of Yiddish civilization in Eastern Europe, New York, and around the world.
Growing out of the YIVO-Bard Uriel Weinreich Yiddish Summer Program, a 6-week program which offers Yiddish language classes from beginner to advanced levels and a wide variety of cultural and enrichment activities, the lectures are part of the Summer Program curriculum, but are also open to the public.
The Drama of Russian Jewry in the Long Twentieth Century
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Zvi Gitelman | Delivered in English | Learn more »
The Red Jews: Intertextuality in a Yiddish Myth
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Rebekka Voß | Delivered in English | Learn more »
Welcome to Otwock: A Virtual Visit to the Warsaw Suburb Before the War
Tuesday, July 7, 2026 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Benny Mer (Majersdorf) | Delivered in Yiddish | Learn more »
On Early Yiddish Literature in Italy
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Claudia Rosenzweig | Delivered in Yiddish | Learn more »
On the Threshold of a New Yiddish Language
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Daria Vakhrushova | Delivered in Yiddish | Learn more »
More than Dates: Yiddish Calendars as Cultural Agents, 1870-1914
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Nathan Cohen | Delivered in Yiddish | Learn more »