Spring 2000 Yiddish Happenings
At the Workmen's Circle
1762 Beacon Street, Brookline MA
Call (617) 566-6281 for more information and to register
NEW!!! DAYTIME CLASS OFFERING!!!
Advanced Beginner
8 Tuesday mornings, 10:30-12:00 a.m., starting March 28 and running almost every week (3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23) Instructor: Lillian Levitt. $90 WC members/$115 all others. This class will promote enhanced conversation and comprehension skills for those have basic speaking/reading ability.
EVENING CLASSES:
Beginner I
8 Tuesday evenings, 7:00 ? 8:30 p.m., starting March 7 and running every week (3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25). Instructor: Esther Ritchie. $90 WC members/$115 all others. This class teaches basic vocabulary and conversation to those who have little or no prior exposure to Yiddish.
Beginner II
8 Monday evenings, 7:00 ? 8:30 p.m., starting March 6 and running every week (3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17, 4/24). Instructor: Esther Ritchie. $90 WC members/$115 all others. This class is geared to those who have taken a beginner adult education class recently or those who want to brush up on a "rusty" Yiddish.
Advanced Beginner Literature and Discussion
5 Wednesday evenings, 7:00 ? 9:00 p.m., starting March 29 and running approx. every other week (3/29, 4/12, 5/3, 5/17, 5/31). Instructor: Daniella HarPaz. $75 WC members/$95 all others. This series will use literature and film to promote conversation and comprehension skills for those who already have basic speaking/reading skills.
Intermediate Conversation , Grammar and Reading
6 Monday evenings, 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. starting March 27 and running approx. every other week (3/27, 4/10, 5/1, 5/15, 6/5, 6/19). Instructor: Lillian Leavitt. $75 WC members/$95 all others. This course is for those who already have solid speaking, reading, and writing ability, and are looking to improve fluency.
Intermediate Reading Group
6 Monday evenings, 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. starting April 3 and running approx. every other week (4/3, 4/24, 5/8, 5/22, 6/12, 6/26). Instructor: Lillian Leavitt. $75 WC members/$95 all others. Members of this intermediate-level leyen-krayz will read, in Yiddish, from Sholem Aleichem's "Motl Peyse dem Khazn's" and other works.
OTHER YIDDISH HAPPENINGS ? Free & open to the public
Lecture series, in Yiddish: Sunday May 7, 2:30 p.m., Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi.
Yiddish conversation group meets in Somerville the 2nd Thurs. each month, 8:00?10:00 p.m. Call Linda Gritz/Mike Katz for directions, 617 625-8689. All levels of speakers welcome.
Yiddish sing, 4th Thurs. each month, 7:30-9:00 p.m. Join this informal intergenerational gathering.
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