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Meet our Board and Staff.
Our Mission
Yugntruf (“call to youth” in Yiddish) cultivates the active use of the Yiddish language among today’s youth here and abroad by creating opportunities for Yiddish learning and immersion, and by providing resources and support for Yiddish speakers and families within an expansive social network.
Recent Press
September 2009 / Jewish Standard
Yiddish-Lovers Go To Camp
September 2009 / Forverts
צום ערשטן מאָל אויף דער ייִדיש־וואָך — אַ לערער־סעמינאַר
September 2009 / New Voices
“Yiddish Is Dead, Long Live Yiddish”
December 2008 / The New York Times
“For Hanukkah, Karaoke in a Venerable Tongue”
November 2008 / Reuters
“Jews Around the World Reclaim Yiddish as Language of Their Culture”
November 2008 / BBC World Service Radio
“Yiddish: A struggle for survival part 1 (radio documentary)”
November 2008 / BBC World Service Radio (Listen to 13:30 and 20:30 of part 2)
“Yiddish: A struggle for survival part 2 (radio documentary)”
May 2008 / The Jewish Week
“36 Under 36: Reviving Yiddish”
February 2008 / New Voices Magazine
“Students Reclaim Yiddishist Group”
February 2008 / The Forward
“Yiddishists: The Next Generation Takes the Reins”
June 2007 / The Forward
“Young Yiddishists Kvell at Retreat”
October 2006 / Forverts
“די יוגנט פֿון “יוגנטרוף”
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Contact Us
Yugntruf – Youth for Yiddish
419 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003
Tel: 212.889.0381
Or you can use our contact form.
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