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Yiddish Day
Music, Language, and Activism for All
Sunday, June 7, 2026

Schedule (All programs are free)

10 AM – 12 Noon · Cohen Chapel | Lomir Zingen (Let’s Sing)

Yiddish song workshop with world-renowned klezmorim Deborah Strauss and Cantor Jeff Warschauer.

All songs will be transliterated and translated. No experience necessary.

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM · Lippman Library | Lomir Redn (Let’s Speak)

Get ready to join Beit Kulanu’s Yiddish language collaboration with the Workers Circle this fall – Experience a lively, interactive, hybrid beginners Yiddish class with a master Workers Circle teacher.

 

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Cohen Chapel | Lomir Organizirn (Let’s Organize)

Workers Circle Social Justice and Yiddish organizer Yasha Giner will share tips and tactics for bringing the generations-long Yiddish tradition of social action into our community.

 

4:00 – 5:00 PM · Cohen Chapel | Lomir Tantsn (Let’s Dance)

Deborah Strauss, Cantor Jeff Warschauer and the Pittsburgh Klezmer Jam teach and lead Yiddish dancing. No experience necessary. Tailored to all ages and abilities.

Yiddish Day is a pilot outreach program sponsored by the Workers Circle.

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Made possible by a grant from the

Yiddish Book Center.

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Events

  • Jun 07, 2026, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Beit Kulanu (Fifth & Morewood), 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Beit Kulanu (Fifth & Morewood), 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Pittsburgh Celebrates Yiddish Presents: Yiddish Day - Music, Language, and Activism for All
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    Nov 16, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Fifth & Morewood (Rodef Shalom), 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Fifth & Morewood (Rodef Shalom), 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    With Strauss/Warschauer Duo
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    Nov 15, 2025, 7:00 PM
    Fifth & Morewood (Rodef Shalom), 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Fifth & Morewood (Rodef Shalom), 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Tickets $10 per person - registration opens October 24.
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    Nov 15, 2025, 2:00 PM
    JCC of Greater Pittsburgh, 5738 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
    JCC of Greater Pittsburgh, 5738 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
    With the Strauss/Warschauer Duo, international stars of the Klezmer and Yiddish music scene
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    Nov 14, 2025, 6:00 PM
    Fifth & Morewood (Rodef Shalom) & Online, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Fifth & Morewood (Rodef Shalom) & Online, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    With guest speaker Eric Lidji, Archivist – Yiddish in Pittsburgh’s Past. Music by the Unified Congregation Choir
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    Nov 13, 2025, 6:30 PM
    Congregation Beth Shalom, 5915 Beacon St, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
    Congregation Beth Shalom, 5915 Beacon St, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
    With Jeremy Dauber, Atran Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture at Columbia University. Reception with Music by the Pittsburgh Klezmer Jam
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