Workshop guide

If you're not sure which workshop or activity is right for you, try reading through the guide below and see if you recognize yourself in one of the descriptions. If you're still not sure, feel free to write to us or call us and we'll try to help.

I'm interested in...

...Yiddish song but I have little or no experience with it:

I'd just like to get a taste of it but not too much
        > Singing Mini-Workshop during the Festival Week

I'm ready to dive right into a week-long workshop
        > Introduction to Klezmer and Yiddish Song Workshop

...Yiddish song and I have some or a lot of experience with it:

I want to sing with others but I don't want a week-long workshop
        > Singing Mini-Workshop during the Festival Week

I'm ready to dive right into a week-long workshop
        > Yiddish Song Workshop

...Yiddish choral music:
        > Yiddish Choir Workshop

...Yiddish instrumental music (klezmer) and I'm more or less a beginner on my instrument:
        > Slow Klezmer Mini-Workshop during the Festival Week

...Yiddish instrumental music (klezmer) and I'm intermediate or advanced on my instrument, but I have little or no experience with klezmer:

I want to play with others but I don't want a week-long workshop
        > Fast Klezmer Mini-Workshop during the Festival Week

I'm ready to dive right into a week-long workshop
        > Introduction to Klezmer and Yiddish Song Workshop

...Yiddish instrumental music (klezmer), I'm intermediate or advanced on my instrument, and I have some or a lot of experience with klezmer:

I want to play with others but I don't want a week-long workshop
        > Fast Klezmer Mini-Workshop during the Festival Week

I'm ready to dive right into a week-long workshop
        > Traditional Klezmer Workshop  AND/OR
        > Yiddish Dance Orchestra

...Yiddish dance and I'm a beginning or intermediate dancer with any amount of experience in Yiddish dance:

I want to dance with others but I don't want a five-day workshop
        > Yiddish Dance Mini-Workshop during the Festival Week
        > Dance Ball

I'm ready to dive right into a five-day workshop
        > Yiddish Dance Workshop “for everyone”

...Yiddish dance and I'm an advanced dancer with a lot of experience in Yiddish dance or another kind of Southern or Eastern European or Middle-Eastern Folk Dance:

I want to dance with others but I don't want a five-day workshop
        > Yiddish Dance Mini-Workshop during the Festival week AND/OR
        > Dance Ball

I'm ready to dive right into a five-day workshop
        > Yiddish Dance Workshop, advanced level

Yiddish language but I have more or less no experience with it:

I want to try it but I don't want a week-long workshop
        > Yiddish for valley dwellers, Mini-Workshop during the Festival Week

I'm ready to dive right into a week-long workshop
        > Yiddish Language Workshop, beginners

...Yiddish language and I have some experience with it:

I want to speak Yiddish with others but I don't want a week-long workshop
        > Yiddish Lunch with Shmuez during the Festival Week AND/OR
        > Yiddish Literature Readings during the Festival Week

I'm ready to dive right into a week-long workshop
        > Yiddish Language Workshop, intermediate

...Yiddish language and I can already express myself in Yiddish:

I want to speak Yiddish with others but I don't want a week-long workshop
        > Yiddish Conversation Mini-Workshop during the Festival Week AND/OR
        > Yiddish Literature Readings during the Festival Week

I'm ready to dive right into a week-long workshop
        > Yiddish Language Workshop, advanced

...Something for my child (and me) about Yiddish children's songs, klezmer music, games, theater and handcrafts:

just to get a taste of it:
        > Children's Program during the Festival Week

ready to dive into a 5-day workshop, and I might join, too
        > Yiddish Children's Songs Workshop

...Something for my young teenager/(I am a younger teenager) (12-16) who plays an instrument and would like to get into klezmer music:

just to get a taste of it:
        > Slow or fast Klezmer Mini-Workshop during the Festival Week

ready to dive into a 5-day workshop
        > Youth Band Camp during the Festival Week

...Yiddish cooking:
        > Yiddish Cooking Workshop during the Festival week.

...I just want to enjoy listening to great concerts of Yiddish music at night and pick and choose as I like from a variety of things to do in the daytime program:
        > Festival Week