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For me, YIVO is a place where we can find the real Yiddish.

        – Zhenya Lopatnik, 2015

 

I'm further along the way to truly knowing Yiddish. It's a lifelong gig.

       – David Mikics, 2015

When I first came to YIVO, I could barely write a sentence in Yiddish; now I write articles in Yiddish. My time at YIVO was a huge inspiration.

      – Ri Turner, 2012, ‘13, ‘14

 

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In 2025, the Summer Program will be offered both in-person and online.

2025 Program | פּראָגראַם


REFRESHER COURSE
June 16–20, 2025

Instructor: Dovid Braun
 

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SUMMER PROGRAM
June 22 – August 1, 2025

Our annual 6-week summer intensive
 

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The YIVO-Bard Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture, established in 1968, is the oldest intensive Yiddish summer program in the world.

Our 6-week program offers classes from beginner to advanced levels and a wide variety of cultural and enrichment activities. Under the auspices of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and Bard College, the program offers peerless instruction in the Yiddish language and an in-depth exploration of the literature and culture of East European Jewry and its diaspora communities. The Weinreich Program treats Yiddish as a living language and emphasizes spoken Yiddish. We believe this approach will be helpful to all students, whether they plan to make Yiddish an integral part of their daily life or use it mainly for research.

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