Lomir Redn Yiddish!
Avu? Inem
The Japan Yidish Club (JYC) has become an official activity of the Tokyo Institute of Jewish Studies. We hope to see you to have a schmooze in Yiddish, and also to continue the Yiddish class for beginners.
Below is a (somewhat revised) quote from Der Yapanisher Yid, our Yiddish-English bilingual publication, which is the only Yiddish publication in the Far East.
"The Japan Yiddish Club offers an opportunity to speak Yiddish. If you like to speak mame-loshn, or if you want to learn our language, the club is for you. The club was established in the beginning of 1990 by two founders. The first founder is Jack Halpern, who knows 12 languages and is a kanji researcher and lexicographer. The second founder is Chaim Pevner, an American linguist (he no longer lives in Japan). Our honorary president is the late Joseph Shimkin, a speaker of a genuine Polish Yiddish who lived in Japan for many years. We meet about twice a month on Sunday afternoons in the Judaica Library of the JCC. We also keep a small library of Yiddish books, magazines, cassettes and video tapes."
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES OF JYC
- Courses for beginners and intermediate students
- Publication of Der Yapanisher Yid, the only Yiddish publication in
Japan (or the Far East?)- Schmoozing sessions
- Learning Yiddish songs
- Organizing Yiddish/Hassidik music concerts
- Particpating in Yiddish-Vokh, an annual event in NY where all activities -- such as plays, concerts, lectures and basketball -- are conducted in Yiddish.
- Maintaining a small library of Yiddish cassettes, video tapes and books.
- Providing information on Yiddish processing software and Yiddish websites and mailing lists. The number of websites is large and quickly growing.
We are now recruiting new members. The classes are held on Sunday in the Judaica library according to the schedule shown below.
Place: Jewish Community Center
8-8 Hiroo 3-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150
Telephone: 03-3400-2559
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Meeting |
Date |
Beginners |
All Students |
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113th
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April
23 |
09:30-11:00
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11:00-13:30
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Please apply by mail, fax or email (or phone) at the following address and I will contact you with more details. Please include your address, phone and fax (and email).
Jack (Yankl) Halpern
Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society
1-3-502 3-chome Niiza, Niiza, Saitama 352
Phone: 048-481-3103
Fax: 048-479-1323
Email: jack@cjki.org
WWW: http://www.kanji.org/kanji/jack/
Zeit gezunt un shtark!
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