Workmen’s Circle Across America: Northern California WC/AR secures a Yiddish Culture Course at San Francisco State University

An exciting aspect of my work as Executive Director is the opportunity to support the work of our activists around the country.   I am  happy to be able to share with you wonderful news from our Northern California WC/AR community, where the vision and support of our local leadership has brought Yiddish Studies to San Francisco State University.  SFSU’s Department of Jewish Studies will be offering a new Yiddish culture course this Spring.  The course on Yiddish History, Literature and Culture, was designed by the SFSU Jewish Studies faculty, is open to SFSU students as part of their regular studies program, as well as open to community residents over 50 through the SFSU Center for Extended Learning Elder College program.  This course is particularly accessible to residents of San Francisco and the Peninsula.  We congratulate WC/AR activist Diana Scott and members of Northern California WC/AR, whose vision and encouragement is bringing Yiddish Studies to San Francisco!

Read the SF Examiner interview with Diana Scott.

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  it is really important that the dialect/ culture that each of us that we have should be preserve and cannot be condone. we are so great that our native language somehow is being acknowledge by our government organizations though sometimes in our self we tend to forget where we originate. and sometimes we no longer practice/ use it our lives.

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  Yiddish is a language rich in history, culture and memory, and though
  most Jewish people cannot speak it fluently nowadays, it remains a
  source of identity and many words and phrases have been maintained.
  There is a ever-present for Yiddish translation from people who want to
  translate historical documents like books, songs, letters and articles,
  either from the public archives or their own family’s collection, from
  Yiddish into English. The majority of European Jewish culture and
  heritage was documented in Yiddish, there is a wealth of history that
  can be opened up to a new generation through Yiddish Translation.