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Yiddish Seminar

The 24th International Summer Seminar in Yiddish Language and Culture29.06-17.07.26

In the first half of the 20th century, Warsaw was not only one of the most important Yiddish metropolises in the world, but also a space of experimentation—political, artistic, and social. At the Yiddish Culture Center, drawing on these traditions, we constantly seek new ways to create Yiddish culture in the 21st century and to protect its heritage by learning from and drawing on history, while connecting it with contemporary sensibilities and aesthetics.
That is why this summer we invite you to take part in an intensive Yiddish language and culture seminar dedicated to EXPERIMENT.

What can you expect?
  • Solid Yiddish language courses at four levels of proficiency, taught by excellent teachers from different generations
  • Conversation classes for beginners and advanced students
  • Workshops in which we will experiment—with the body, sound, and historical documents
  • Lectures presenting Yiddish culture from its experimental side
  • Cooking together—because in our kitchen (yes, the Yiddish Culture Center has its own kitchen!) we constantly experiment with Ashkenazi cuisine (and more)
  • Trips to museums and archives, as well as walks around Warsaw and its surroundings, exploring the hidden history of Yiddish Warsaw
The application form can be found below. If you have any questions, please write to: zumerkurs@shalom.org.pl
You are warmly invited!
Registration only via: APPLICATION AND SCHOLARSHIP FORM – available from February 2, 2026
Application deadline: May 31, 2026
Scholarship application deadline: April 10, 2026
Classes take place at the Center for Yiddish Culture at 15 Andersa Street and at the Międzypokoleniowa Kawiarnia —just around the corner!
Participants are responsible for arranging their own accommodation. We encourage you to choose lodging that is comfortable and offers easy and quick access to the Center for Yiddish Culture, allowing you to participate fully and comfortably in the seminar. 

SCHOLARSHIPS
Participants may apply for an academic scholarship, which covers part of the seminar fee. Scholarships are available to students, doctoral candidates, people affiliated with Jewish organizations and Jewish studies, and artists working in the field of Jewish art. The scholarship application form is included in the general application form.
The criteria for awarding scholarships may vary and depend on the Foundation’s implementation of the project within the framework of public funding.
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DETAILED INFORMATION
June 29 – July 17: three-week program
Fee: standard – 700 EUR / $ 780, reduced: 490 EUR, $ 560
June 29 – July 12: two-week program
Fee: standard 540 EUR/ $590 , reduced: 390 EUR, $430
Yiddish courses at all levels take place from 10:15–11:45 (break) 12:15–13:45
Group 1 – Karo Wegner, TBA
Group 2 – Karo Wegner, Ethel Niborski
Group 3 – information coming soon
Group 4 – information coming soon
Bank transfer details
(payment only after confirmation of acceptance)
Fundacja Shalom
ul. Senatorska 35
00-099 Warszawa
NIP: 526-10-26-136
Santander Bank
For USD
PL 69 1910 1123 2200 2941 2121 0002
SWIFT: WBKPPLPPXXX
For EUR
PL 42 1910 1123 2200 2941 2121 0003
SWIFT: WBKPPLPPXXX
You can pay by PayPal. Our e-mail there is: shalom@shalom.org.pl
Please add 4% for fees if you pay by PayPal. Thank you!

Project co-financed by the Ministry of Interior and Administration

Project co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund - a state earmarked fund

Project patronage:

Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Jewish Historical Institute

💡 ➡ DOS HEFTL – 2023 and 2024 post-seminar publication

💡 ➡ DOS HEFTL – 2020 post-seminar publication

💡 ➡ DOS HEFTL – 2021 post-seminar publication

Shalom Foundation and Centre for Yiddish Culture proudly announce

The 1st International Winter Mini Seminar in Yiddish Language and Culture ON-LINE
26-28 February & 5-7 March 2021

Jewish winter? The Shalom Foundation in cooperation with the Center for Yiddish Culture invite all Yiddish lovers to a virtual meeting with Yiddish language and with Jewish literature and culture, which will take place through the ZOOM platform on two weekends: 26 -28 February and 5-7 March. Leitmotif: winter holiday!

Warsaw Yiddishists cannot wait any longer until our traditional summer seminar, so they want to spend also winter holidays together with you! Thanks to online teaching we will be able to meet our friends from all around the world and learn Yiddish during language classes and special events. Through the lectures and workshops you will not only immerse yourself in the history of Jewish holidays as well as the language and culture of Ashkenazi Jews, but also just to… relax from the comfort of your own home!

Contact us: winterwakacjes@gmail.com

Project coordinators: Natalia Chmielarz & Michalina Jadczak

PROGRAM

• Yiddish classes on 2 levels (10 h):

 

– Yiddish – intermediate (levels 2&3); Winter holidays [DETAILS]

teacher: Anna Szyba (University of Warsaw);

Class hours (Warsaw time):
1st Weekend:
– 26.02 – 6.30pm-8.00pm
– 27.02 – 12.00pm-1.30pm; 3.00pm-4.30pm
– 28.02 – 12.00 pm -1.30 pm; 3.00 pm -4.30 pm

2nd Weekend:
– 5.03 – 6.30pm -8.00pm
– 6.03 – 12.00pm -1.30pm; 3.00pm-4.30pm
– 7.03 – 12.00pm -1.30pm; 3.00pm -4.30 pm

 

– Yiddish – advanced (levels 3&4); I miss you snow [DETAILS]

teacher: Karolina Szymaniak (University of Wrocław, Jewish Historical Institute)

Class hours (Warsaw time):
1st weekend:
– 26.02 – 6.30pm-8.00pm
– 27.02 – 12.00pm-1.30pm; 3.00pm-4.30pm
– 28.02 – 12.00 pm -1.30 pm; 3.00 pm -4.30 pm

2nd Weekend:
– 5.03 – 6.30pm -8.00pm
– 6.03 – 12.00pm -1.30pm; 3.00pm-4.30pm
– 7.03 – 12.00pm -1.30pm; 3.00pm -4.30 pm

 

• workshop (3 h)

– for YIDDISH – intermediate

– 1st weekend
27.02, 6.00pm-7.30pm The reading of Yiddish manuscripts: Anna Szyba (University of Warsaw) [DETAILS] 

– 2nd weekend
6.03, 6.00pm-7.30pm Shmuel Winter about Yiddish press: Reyze Turner (Maison de la Culture Yiddish) [DETAILS]

– for YIDDISH – advanced

– 1st weekend
27.02, 6.00pm-7.30pm Shmuel Winter about Yiddish press: Reyze Turner (Maison de la Culture Yiddish)

– 2nd weekend
6.03, 6.00pm-7.30pm The reading of Yiddish manuscripts: Anna Szyba (University of Warsaw)

 

• lectures

– 26.02, 4.00pm-5.00pm – Queen Esther in Furs: Purim Balls and the Literary Imagination, led by: Sonia Gollance (University of Vienna) [in English] [DETAILS]

– 28.02, 6.00pm – “Der Dibuk” by The Ester Rachel and Ida Kaminska Jewish Theater (directed by Szymon Szurmiej for Polish television in 1979)

– 5.03 5.00pm-6.00pm –Medem Sanatorium, led by: Magdalena Kozłowska (University of Warsaw) [in English]

– 7.03 5.00pm – 6.00pm – Zakopane in Yiddish literature, led by: Natalia Krynicka (Maison de la Culture Yiddish) [in Yiddish] [DETAILS]

 

Additional activities: Online screening of archival theatre plays directed for the Jewish Theater in Warsaw.

 

 ➡ SCHEDULE

plakat zimowego mini-seminarium jidysz
koordynatorka seminarium jidysz w ogrodzie
osoba prowadząca warsztaty kulinarne
osoba prowadząca zajęcia
osoba prowadząca zajęcia

LEARNING MODULES TO CHOOSE FROM:

 

1) Full seminar program: language course (at the selected level of advancement) + workshop module + lecture module

– one weekend (26-28.02)
PRICE: 100 euro, 125$

– two weekends (26-28.02 + 5-7.03)
PRICE: 200 euro, 250$

 

2) The language course only

both weekends (26-28.02 + 5-7.03)
PRICE: 130 euro, 170$

 

3) Workshop module:

both weekends (26-28.02 + 5-7.03)
PRICE: 90 euro, 86$

 

4) Lectures module:

PRICE: 7 euro/ 10$ (for 1 from 4)

 

You are required to pay in advance 30% of price within 3 labor days after the confirmation of the registration. It is understood that in case of unjustified cancellation or “no show” during the course the advance payment will not be refunded.

Rest of the payment (70%) is to be paid till 15th February 2021.

 

Bank transfer details:
Fundacja Shalom
ul. Senatorska 35
00-099 Warszawa
NIP: 526-10-26-136
Santander Bank

For USD
PL 69 1910 1123 2200 2941 2121 0002
SWIFT: WBKPPLPPXXX

For EUR
PL 42 1910 1123 2200 2941 2121 0003
SWIFT: WBKPPLPPXXX

You can pay by PayPal. Our e-mail there is: shalom@shalom.org.pl. Please add 4% for fees if you pay by PayPal. Thank you!

Deadline for submitting applications: 22 February, 2021

 

ATTENTION! The Organiser reserves the right to cancel the event in case of an insufficient number of participants.

 

Application form

 

Contact us: winterwakacjes@gmail.com