Yiddish Classes — Winter/Spring 2026
Regular Course Pricing
Non-Members: $360
Members: $310
Students: $180
Yiddish Teachers $180 (non-members) / $155 (members)
Intensive Course Pricing
Non-Members: $720
Members: $620
Students: $310
Yiddish Teachers $360 (non-members) / $310 (members)
Mini-Course Pricing
Non-Members: $180
Members: $155
Yiddish Teachers: $90 (non-members) / $72.50 (members)
Full-time Students and Yiddish Teachers: Email yiddish@circle.org before checkout to obtain a discount code which will give you a 50% discount. Full-time students must also include a copy of your valid student ID. Student discount is only for full-time students. We do not offer a Seniors discount.
ALL TIMES INDICATED ARE US EASTERN TIME
Winter/Spring 2026 Yiddish Classes
Beginner | Intermediate | Intermediate/Advanced | Advanced | Klezmer and Yiddish Song Workshops
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Beginner I Intensive with Moishele Alfonso
Monday and Thursday 1:00 – 2:30 PM: Feb. 23, 26, Mar. 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30, Apr. 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, 30, May 4, 7, 11, 14
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Beginner I (continuation of Fall 2025 semester) with Marianne Tatom
Monday, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11
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Beginner I (continuation of Fall 2025 semester) with Yasha Giner
Monday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11
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Beginner I with Marianne Tatom (Day Course)
Tuesday, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
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Beginner I with Marianne Tatom (Evening Course)
Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM ET: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
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Beginner I with Karo Wegner
Tuesday, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
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Beginner I (continuation of Summer 2025 semester) with Clara Greif
Sunday, 6:00 – 7:30 PM ET: Feb. 22, Mar. 1, 15, 22, Mar. 29, Apr. 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10
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Beginner I (continuation of Fall 2025 semester) with Gustavo Emos
Thursday, 10:00 – 11:30 AM ET: Feb. 26, Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26, Apr. 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14
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Beginner II with Annie Cohen
Wednesday, 1:30 – 3:00 PM ET: Feb. 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr. 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13
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Beginner II with Gustavo Emos
Wednesday, 7:00 – 8:30 PM ET: Feb. 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr. 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13
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Beginner III with Marianne Tatom
Monday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11
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Beginner III (continuation of Fall 2025 semester) with Gustavo Emos
Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM ET: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
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Beginner III (Polish Yiddish) with Leyzer Burko
Thursday, 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET: Feb. 26, Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26, Apr. 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14
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Beginner IV with Tamara Micner
Thursday, 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET: Feb. 26, Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26, Apr. 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14
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Beginner Conversational Yiddish I with Rivka Blum
Monday, 11:00 – 12:30 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 9, 16, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25
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Beginner Conversational Yiddish II (continuation of Fall 2025 semester) with Rivka Blum
Tuesday, 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, Apr. 14, 21, Apr. 28, May 5, 12, 19, 26
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Beginner Conversational Yiddish III (continuation of Fall 2025 semester) with Rivka Blum
Monday, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 9, 16, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25
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Beginners and up with Rivke Margolis (mini-course)
Wednesday, 7:00 - 8:30 PM ET: Apr. 15, 22, 29 May 6, 13
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Intermediate I with Marianne Tatom
Wednesday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM ET: Feb. 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr. 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13
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Intermediate I (continuation of Fall 2025 semester) with Gustavo Emos
Thursday, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET: Feb. 26, Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26, Apr. 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14
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Intermediate III with Gustavo Emos
Tuesday, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
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Intermediate III (continuation of Fall 2025 class) with Sheva Zucker
Tuesday, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
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Intermediate V with Paula Teitelbaum
Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM ET: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
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Intermediate Grammar with Ekaterina Kuznetsova
Monday, 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11
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Intermediate Conversation with Baruch Blum
Monday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11
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Intermediate Conversation with Sharon Bar-Kochva
Tuesday, 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
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Intermediate with Baruch Blum: Green Yiddish
Monday, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11
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Intermediate Literature with Tamara Micner: “East End Jews” (continuation of Fall 2025 semester)
Monday, 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11
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Intermediate Literature with Baruch Blum: Reading and Discussing Chaim Grade's Mayn Krig mit Hersh Rasseyner
Monday, 4:45 – 6:15 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11
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Advanced Beginners-Intermediate Literature with Moishele Alfonso: Peretz Primer
Tuesday, 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
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Intermediate Literature with Leyzer Burko: Glatstein's Yidishtaytshn
Tuesday, 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
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Intermediate Literature with Refoyl Finkel: Y. L. Peretz’s Short Stories
Wednesday, 3:00 – 4:30 PM ET: Feb. 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr. 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13
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Intermediate Literature with Annie Cohen: Chaver Paver’s Labzik – stories of a militant puppy
Thursday, 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET: Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26, Apr. 16, 23, 30, May 7
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Intermediate – Advanced with Daniel Galay: Yiddish Intonation: A Mirror of the Yiddish Soul
Wednesday, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET: Feb. 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr. 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13
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Intermediate – Advanced with Kolya Borodulin: Mit Yidish iber der velt
Wednesday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM ET: Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr. 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20
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Intermediate – Advanced with Ester Szwarc: Orem un Raykh (Rich and Poor): Humor and Social Criticism in Yiddish Folksongs and Stories
Thursday, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET: Feb. 26, Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26, Apr. 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14
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Intermediate - Advanced with Philip Schwartz: Yeshaye Shpigl's novellas (mini-course)
Sunday, 10:00 – 11:30 AM ET: Mar. 8, 15, 29, Apr. 5, 12
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Intermediate-Advanced with Tetyana Yakovleva: Yidishe dikhterins (mini-course)
Tuesday, 3:30 – 5:00 PM ET: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31
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Intermediate-Advanced with Tetyana Yakovleva: Leml's Adventures (mini-course)
Tuesday, 3:30 – 5:00 PM ET: Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
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Advanced Intensive with Eve Jochnowitz
Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET: Feb. 24, 26, Mar. 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26, 31, Apr. 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30, May 5, 7, 12, 14
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Advanced with Eve Jochnowitz
Tuesday, 4:00 – 5:30 PM ET: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
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Advanced with Gennady Estraikh: Yiddish Cultural Infrastructure of American Communism
Sunday, 10:00 – 11:30 AM ET: Feb. 22, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22, Mar. 29, Apr. 12, 19, 26, May 3
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Advanced Yiddish with Sheva Zucker: Di Goldene Pave: Dos kol fun dem yidishn shrayber
Sunday, 10:30 AM – 12:00 noon ET: Feb. 22, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Apr. 12, 19, 26, May 3
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Advanced with Leyzer Burko: Hungarian Yiddish Between Two Worlds
Sunday at 12:00 – 1:30 PM: Feb. 22, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22, Mar. 29, Apr. 12, 19, 26, May 3
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Advanced with Yitskhok Niborski: The Loshn-Koydesh Component in Yiddish II, Practical Orientations
Monday, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11
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Advanced with Sheva Zucker: Isaac Bashevis Singer
Monday, 1:30 —3:00 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr.13, 20, 27, May 4
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Advanced with Avrom Lichtenbaum: The Beginning of the Modern Yiddish Theatre: Avrom Goldfaden and the First Actresses on the Stage
Monday, 3:00 – 4:30 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11
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Advanced with Kolya Borodulin: Sholem Asch’s novel Af kidesh-hashem (part 2)
Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM ET: Mar. 10, 17, 31, Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19, 26
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Advanced with Yitskhok Niborski: Mani-Leyb’s Sonnets
Wednesday, 1:00 – 2:30PM ET: Feb. 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr. 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13
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Advanced with Shlomo Groman: The Epistolary Heritage of Yiddish Writers of Ukraine (1950s–1980s) with Shlomo Groman
Wednesday, 3:00 – 4:30 PM ET: Feb. 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr. 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13
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Advanced with Avrom Lichtenbaum: Sh. An-Ski, The Penitent Who Provoked a Revolution in Folklore: Poems, Stories, and The Dybbuk
Thursday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM ET: Apr. 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18
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Advanced with Boris Sandler: Treasure of Yiddish Idioms and Sayings (mini-course)
Tuesday, 2:30 – 4:00 PM ET: Feb. 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31
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Yiddish Song with Zisl Slepovitch
Monday, 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 16, 23, 30, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18
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Kale Bazetsns and Doinas with Josh Horowitz (mini-course)
Monday, 2:00 – 3:15 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 2, 16, 23, 30
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Klezmer Workshop with Aaron Alexander
Monday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM ET: Feb. 23, Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11
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Music of the Holocaust with Cindy Paley (mini-course)
Tuesday, 1:30 – 3:00 PM ET: Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 7
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Inside the Rhythm and Melody of Yiddish Song with Josh Waletzky
Wednesday, 1:00 – 2:30 PM: Feb. 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr. 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13
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Moldavian Jewish Music (continued from Fall 2025 with new participants welcome) with Cantor Jeff Warschauer: A Hands-On Workshop for Singers and Instrumentalists
Thursday, 12:00 – 1:30 PM: Feb. 26, Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26, Apr. 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14
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Zayt Gezunt: A Yiddish Dance Class for All! with Steven Lee Weintraub and Deborah Strauss (mini-course)
Tuesday, 12:00 – 1:15 PM ET: Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr. 7