Our Mission די עובֿדא
We are a home and resource for some of the finest writers, poets, translators, composers, and performers working in the field of Yiddish today. We cultivate the living language in all of its manifestations: spoken, sung, on the page and on the stage. We publish Yiddish and English books; present concerts, plays and Purim-shpiln; run classes and literary reading circles; field Yiddish-related questions; we can guide you in finding materials for your reading circle or research, provide your synagogue or community center with Yiddish programming, and, yes, we can even help with the writing on the back of your grandmother’s photographs.
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Support Our Yiddish Programming שפּאַן זיך אײַן אין דער אַרבעט
We’re a 501(c)3 charitable organization, so your contribution is tax deductible.
Your donation will help us
- Present Yiddish programming the whole world over.
- Publish new works in Yiddish and English.
- Field innumerable questions about Yiddish from all over the world. (Go ahead, write us with your own!)
Here are some of the recent socially-distanced online video events we’ve created during the pandemic crisis:
BRAND NEW!
Di Zogerin (The Women’s Prayer Leader), by Rokhl Brokhes
79th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Vos se hert zikh… (CJC in the news)
Dortn vu es nekhtikn di shtern (Where the Stars Spend the Night)
Hear a brand NEW Yiddish song!
Biographical Dicitionary of Yiddish Writers in the Soviet Union
Remember Yiddish poet Yonia Fain
Profile of Congress director Shane Baker in Haaretz
Phone: 1-212/505-8040
email: kongres@earthlink.net
Congress for Jewish Culture, Inc.
PO Box 1590
New York, NY 10159