In this course, we will learn to read and write, hold short conversations and begin growing our knowledge of grammar, vocabulary and culture. We will begin with printed and cursive letters, basic greetings and how to conjugate verbs in the present tense. We will also learn numbers, colors, dates and times—and we will play games, recite songs and poems, and begin to see glimpses of the Yiddish world, past and present.

When : Sundays, October 11, 18, 25 ; November 1, 8, 15

12:30 pm-1:30 pm PT / 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. CT / 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. ET

Where: Online on Zoom

Teacher: Zach Golden

Zach Golden was the Deputy Yiddish Editor of the Forward (Forverts) from 2022 to 2024, ordained as a rabbi at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles in 2020, and is the co-founder of Der Nister Downtown Jewish Center, a synagogue and cultural center in Downtown Los Angeles.

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