Research Guides: Yiddish Research: Yiddish Texts and Classes for Students

Yiddish Texts Designed for Students

The New York Public Library's has many modern and historical Yiddish textbooks, as well as Yiddish readers designed for students.

Browse the Library's catalog using these subject headings:

Reading Practice From the Vault: Twelve Yiddish Learning Books at the Yiddish Book Center (That You Can Read Right Now!)
"ooking for an accessible book to accompany your Yiddish learning journey? Look no further than these twelve fun lernbikher (learning books), which are all digitized and available for free [online]."

Duolingo: Yiddish
Popular app uses game-like lessons to take students through 1,300 short lessons in about 250 hours.
YiddishPop
Animated site for children to learn Yiddish.

Maison de la culture Yiddish / Medem Bibliothèque (Paris)
Yiddish courses online for all levels, as well as regular cultural programming for all ages, throughout the year.
Worker's Circle (New York)
A wide selection of online Yiddish classes for various levels.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (New York)
Online classes for a variety of levels.
International Summer Seminar in Yiddish Language and Culture (Warsaw)
Three-week intensive course for all levels, with local field trips to cultural and historical sites.

International Summer Seminar in Yiddish Language and Culture (Warsaw)
Three-week Yiddish intensive course for various levels sponsored by the Fundacja Shalom and Center of Yiddish Culture.
Naomi Prawer Kadar International Yiddish Summer Program (Tel Aviv University)
Intensive one-month summer Yiddish program with courses for all levels.
Paiadea Yiddish Summer Course (Stockholm)
Three-day ntensive course for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students.
Steiner Summer Program, Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, Massachusetts)
Six-week Yiddish course for beginning and intermediate students.
The Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture (YIVO Institute for Jewish Research/Bard College, New York)
A six-week intensive summer course. YIVO also offers occasional language courses and many related public programs throughout the year.
Vilnius Yiddish course (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Two-week intensive Yiddish course for beginning through advanced students.
Yiddish in ale lender! Yiddish Summer Programs Roundup (In Geveb)
Annual listing of international summer Yiddish programs.
Yiddish in Berlin (Germany)
Two-week program offering five levels of study and pedagogical training for teachers.