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UCL/YUNG YiDiSH Spring School  in Contemporary Spoken Yiddish and Hasidic Culture

Tel Aviv, 10-16 May 2020

a week-long immersion course for intermediate and advanced learners in spoken Yiddish learning about contemporary Hasidic culture

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AT A GLANCE

  Our Contemporary Spoken Yiddish immersion course will be all in Yiddish. It is necessary that you speak Yiddish at least an intermediate level and that you are interested in improving your spoken and listening skills. There is less of a focus on reading and writing skills. For this reason we include the information, for now, all in English. But a Spoken Yiddish and Hebrew version is in the pipeline.

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Morning

We will spend mornings together in the library with a YIddish native speaker, doing volunteering workin the library. You can also have private study time exploring the books in the collection. Coffee/tea and light food will be available all day.

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Afternoon

Mendy Cahan will teach the group for three hours every afternoon about historical and current varieties of Yiddish and contemporary Hasidic Yiddish culture. UCL can provide a certificate of attendance for university students, if required. 

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Evening

In the evenings, there will be public lectures, concerts, cabarets and other performances at YUNG YiDiSH, even a Hasidic badkhen! Your attendance is complimentary; a friend travelling with you can attend the events at a reduced rate. 

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LagBeOmer

We will travel to the Meron for an overnight trip to take part in the so-called Hasidic Burning Man, where hundreds of thousands of Haredi people gather at LagBeOmer to sing, dance and celebrate together throughout the night. 

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Shabes

We will mark the incoming of the shabes, and have no formal teaching on the day of the shabes. But we will gather for shalesides at YUNG YiDiSH and close our week together with making havdule and a throw a good-bye party on motse shabes.

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Swinging Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv has everything to offer from perfect weather, to great cafes and bars, souks and of course, the Mediterranean...

More details

Spring School in Contemporary Spoken Yiddish and Hasidic Culture 2020 is co-organised by the HASYID research project from University College London and the YUNG YiDiSH Library & Cultural Centre in Tel Aviv.  

Workshop fees

  • STANDARD RATE of 1,800 shekels -  This price includes all morning activities at YUNG YiDiSh and afternoon teaching, the Meron trip, and other evening cultural events. Coffee/ tea and some simple food will always be available during the day free of charge. We will spend shabes afternoon together and finish the week off with a party! If you are a student and attend the course for credit, the price also includes course assessment. If you are traveling with a friend who does not attend the School, we can offer a reduced rate for them for our cultural activities.
  • BE A TZADIK - if you can afford to pay the Supporter rate, at 2,400 shekels, this will  contribute to the upkeep of YUNG YiDiSH. YUNG YiDiSH maintains a lively cultural life in Yiddish in adverse financial conditions. It is the only organisation in Israel that tasks itself with the collection and preservation of Yiddish books from the public, with only a small proportion of its budget being covered by government sources.  
  • REDUCED RATE - the UCL HASYID project can offer the opportunity for a limited number of participants to attend the school at a reduced rate of 1,200 shekels. Please let us know through the Registration form if you wish to apply for the reduced rate and we will discuss the conditions with you. Deadline for application for eligibity for Reduced Rate: 31 December 2019. We will notify you in time for the Cancellation deadline. 
  • SCHOLARSHIP - we are applying for funding for scholarships. More information to follow..
Register before 31 December 2019 to qualify for our Flaysik Talmid discount of 10% on the full fees!
START WITH HALF... 50% of the School fee must be paid at the moment of registration. If you find it easier to budget that way, you can pay the remaining 50% of the fees any time until 28 February 2020. See below for Cancellation information.
Important! Your School registration is subject to availability and adequate language proficiency level for the School. Your registration becomes valid if your application has been approved and the first half of the fee payment has been received. At this moment we will confirm your place.   

Cancellations are free until 31 January 2020, although we ask that you make a donation to cover our administrative costs.

If you need to cancel later, but before 31 March 2020, we can reimburse what you paid minus 600 shekels unless another participant can take your place.

From 1 April 2020, no joke, we cannot reimburse any part of the fees unless another participant can take your place. 

Now you know everything...

Please fill out our Registration Form

REGISTRATION FORM

Fill in the form below. We will hold your personal data to administer the School and add your name to the School mailing list as well as the YUNG YiDiSH mailing list, unless you instruct us otherwise.
 
Please provide a 200-word message telling us about your knowledge of Yiddish and your motivation to come to the School in Yiddish. If you cannot write with Hebrew letters, you can write in transliteration or send us an audio recording of your message. We will use this information to help us select our participants. We may get back to you with some further questions.

If you have any questions, you can also use this form to ask us.

Step 2: PAY HERE!

Our Contact details

Address:

YUNG YiDiSH Tel Aviv
108 Levinsky St – Fifth Floor – Studio 5008
Tel Aviv 66990
Web: http://www.yiddish.co.il

Main organizer:

Eszter Szendroi

E-mail:

YYTAfrilingkurs2020@gmail.com