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
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2012
- February 2012 / CNN
Rareview: finding a place for Yiddish
- February 2012 / CNN
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2010
- September 2010 / Ode Magazine
The joys (and perils) of a weekend in Yiddishland - September 2010 / Forverts
ייִדיש־וואָך 2010 — די יונגע לײַט נעמען איבער
- September 2010 / Ode Magazine
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2009
- 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 - March 2009 / BBC World Service Radio
Yiddish: A struggle for survival part 1 (radio documentary) - March 2009 / BBC World Service Radio
Yiddish: A struggle for survival part 2 (radio documentary)
- September 2009 / Jewish Standard
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2008
- 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 - 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
- December 2008 / The New York Times
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2007
- June 2007 / The Forward
Young Yiddishists Kvell at Retreat
- June 2007 / The Forward
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2006
- October 2006 / Forverts
די יוגנט פֿון "יוגנטרוף"
- October 2006 / Forverts
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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