Enjoy learning Yiddish Food Vocabulary! This hybrid class will bring you nakhes and whet you appetite! Learn Yiddish, drink wine, and make new friends at Yiddishland and online. This class is part of the Yiddish in Transliteration course. It can be taken as part of the course or separately. Cost: $30, $15 on Zoom Teacher: …
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A Special Music, Art, Dance, and Theater Lecture Series Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Great Impresario, Founder of the Ballets Russes Presented by Victoria Martino Tuesdays, April 26, May 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2022 Join music, art, literary, and dance historian Victoria Martino in a five-week lecture series, celebrating the 150th anniversary of …
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Tours are free and registration is required. Tours are limited to a maximum of 35 guests and last for approximately 90 minutes. Fifteen murals are currently on view, and each tour features more than half of these. It is a gentle walk around the village, but we ask participants to please wear comfortable shoes. Participants …
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Practice figure drawing from a live model. Hosted by Yiddishland, California, our group drawing sessions are held in a comfortable, friendly environment. No instruction will be given, but a moderator will be present. Bring your own supplies. Any artist of any level is welcome to attend.

Yiddishland California presents a Jewish musical cabaret by Lisa Fishman featuring Yiddish, English, and Ladino songs – many with new English lyrics. In an eclectic show that takes you from upbeat, Klezmer-style tunes, Yiddish Theater hits, and comic ditties to heartfelt ballads, romantic love songs, and re-imaginings of old classics, Lisa takes the audience on …
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Using the voices and texts of her new book and recording The Golden Peacock: The Voice of the Yiddish Writer BILINGUAL as a basis for discussion, join Yiddish teacher and scholar Sheva Zucker in a class on Yiddish Holocaust writing. Hear Yankev Glatshteyn’s “A gute nakht, velt,” (Good Night, World) Celia Dropkin only known Holocaust …
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