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Organizations
Annual Vilnius Summer Program in Yiddish, Khavershaft, Yugntruf - Youth For Yiddish
Radio
Ben Gailing, NPR : Yiddish Radio Project, A Special Report, The Golden Age of Yiddish Radio, The Yiddish Voice, Yiddish Radio Project
Theater
Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre, Molly Picon, Yiddish Theatre of the Saidye Bronfman Centre for
"Die Jiddischen Seiten" of Hagalil
Yiddish section of the very large Hagalil site for Judaism in Central Europe, mostly in the German language.
Avivale's Yiddish Page
Humor, stories, and links to other Yiddish sites around the world.
Benny Swartzberg's Yiddish Postcard Collectio
A collection of Yiddish postcards from approximately 1905-1918.
Daf Yomi In Yiddish
Daf HaYomi in Yiddish provides daily lessons in the Talmud and Gemorra in the Yiddish Language.
Freedman Yiddish Music Archive
About the Robert and Molly Freedman Archive of Jewish Music at the University of Pennsylvania Library. The Freedman Yiddish Song Database, q.v., is based on this collection.
Jewish Short Stories from Eastern Europe and Beyon
The National Yiddish Book Center and KCRW 89.9FM/Santa Monica, CA, radio program and cassette series hosted by Leonard Nemoy with other famous actors as the readers. and full-length Real Audio recordings of most of the stories.
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Librar
Australia's Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library Kadimah, the major Yiddishist organization in Australia.
Khulyot: Di Velt fun Yidish
Israeli Yiddish literary journal on the web, "Khulyot"/"Di Velt Fun Yidish"
Mendele: Yiddish Language and Literature
Oldest Yiddish mailing list. Also, contains archivesof The Mendele Review, a literary magazine, plus a large and growing collection of Yiddish stories, poetry and belles-lettres in Yiddish.
National Yiddish Book Center
Home page for the organization that has preserved over one million Yiddish books. Information on programs, exhibits, and facilities and online highlights of the Pakn Treger magazine.
National Yiddish Book Center
The Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library contains text hundreds of Yiddish books that previously had been out of print and might have been lost to history.
Obermayer German-Jewish History Awards
Annual awards for voluntary contributions for preserving and recording the Jewish history, heritage, and culture of the remnant German communities.
Refoyls Veb Bletl (Yiddish Poetry Pages)
A collection of links to pages with Yiddish poetry text in image format (so it can be read on Hebrew-challenged browsers), as well as a collection of Yiddish-interest links.
S. L. and Eileen Shneiderman Collection of Yiddish
Showcasing the lives and work of the late great writer and journalist S. L. Shneiderman and his wife Eileen, and the writer's book collection that is now part of the University of Maryland Library.
Sholom Aleichem Home Page
The Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem's life and work presented by members of his family in conjunction with The Sholom Aleichem Memorial Foundation.
Shtetl: Yiddish Language and Culture Home Page
Large site devoted to Yiddish language and culture. Many interesting articles and exhibits.
The Yiddish Homepage
"...In literature class, at the Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology, we are in the midst of studying the effect of Yiddish on the English language..."
UYIP: Understanding Yiddish Information Processing
Home page for the UYIP mailing list, with information on Yiddish-language issues facing computer users.
Virtual Ashkenaz
A discussion forum about new Yiddish culture, hosted by Ari Davidow.
Wolf Lewkowicz Collection
Includes extraordinary Yiddish letters.
Yid Slots
A java version of the classic Unix game. Spin the slot machine to create Yiddish Names.
Yiddish Book: On Foreign Soil
The autobiography of a Jew who grew up in Russia at the turn of the last century. Starts in English and gradually turns back into Yiddish. Complete English version is available on-line.
Yiddish Event Guide
A useful list of Yiddish programs, organized as a public service Raphael Finkel, providing: Annual Events (recent ones as well as upcoming ones); continuing programs; and academic degree programs
Yiddish Festival
Information about the 2003 Yiddish Culture Festival for the Washington DC area.
Yiddish Virtual Library (Duesseldorf, Germany)
Introduction to Yiddish in the German language from the University of Duesseldorf, Germany. Information about Yiddish language, culture, and current events. Many links to sites in various languages.
Yiddish Web
Yiddish generally, but especially about Yiddish cultural events in and around Paris and the Medem Jewish Library. In French and Yiddish (either in transliteration, in GIF images, or as PDF's).
Yiddish-American Digital Archive
Real Audio clips of original Yiddish sound recordings and related Eastern European recordings.
Yiddishculture.org - The Dora Teitelboim Center
The foundation publishes Yiddish literature in translated and bilingual editions, and offers Yiddish-related features at its web site, including an online Yiddish course. Includes selections of Teitelboim's poetry in Yiddish and in English translation.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Home page of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the preeminent center for the study of East European Jewry and Yiddish