Jewish Life & Learning

Taste of Yiddish: Yiddish Through Song

Name: Taste of Yiddish: Yiddish Through Song
Start: 2024-09-10T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-10T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Virtual

Adults (18+), Young Professionals (21-45), Older Adults (65+)

Date : Tuesday, Sep 10

Time : 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location : Virtual

Come explore the gems of Yiddish songs! We’ll learn songs from the recently-digitized Yosl and Chana Mlotek Yiddish Song Collection on a variety of themes. No prior Yiddish experience needed!

Come explore the gems of Yiddish song! Everything will be presented in accessible transliteration, and we’ll work through the translations together. We’ll learn songs from the recently digitized Yosl and Chana Mlotek Yiddish Song Collection at the Workers Circle (yiddishsongs.org) on a variety of themes: Yiddish “chestnuts” (the ones that everyone seems to remember from childhood), family songs, lullabies, and “vocable” songs (yi-di-di, oy-oy-oy, and beyond). Suitable for all ages, no prior Yiddish experience necessary.

This virtual class will be held on Tuesday evenings, September 10–October 1, from 7:00–8:00 PM. If you have any questions, please reach out to Rabbi Atara at acohen@edcjcc.org.

About the Instructor:
Marianne Tatom teaches online Yiddish classes through the Workers Circle, Congregation Beth Shalom (Seattle), the Northern California Workers Circle, as well as the Edlavitch JCC. She recently received the Certificate of Yiddish Pedagogy from the Yiddish Book Center, the culmination of an intensive period of Yiddish pedagogical study. Marianne has a PhD in music theory and is a freelance editor and clarinetist (klezmer and other folk music). She lives in Seattle with her dachshund Mendel, who frequently appears in her classes.