The League for Yiddish, Inc., was founded in 1979 by prominent Yiddish linguist and professor Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter in order to provide organizational support for the modernization, standardization and use of the Yiddish language in all spheres of daily life. With devoted members on six continents, the League for Yiddish is one of the few organizations in today’s Yiddish cultural and linguistic world that conducts its activities almost entirely in mame-loshn.
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About Us
Our Mission
The League for Yiddish strives to:
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Encourage people to speak Yiddish in their everyday life
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Expand the awareness of Yiddish as a living language
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Promote literary and artistic creativity in Yiddish
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Support the modernization of Yiddish
How We Support Our Unique Mission:
We publish and distribute our Yiddish-language cultural-literary magazine Afn Shvel
- We share Words of the Week (VFDV), the popular series of Yiddish thematic word lists available by email, as well as on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
We produce live recorded interviews with well-known and lesser-known personalities in the Yiddish world
We published the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary (Indiana University Press/League for Yiddish), an 88,000+ entry volume that is the most in-depth and extensive dictionary of its kind
We created and maintain the online version of the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, which is updated regularly
We produced the documentary film series A velt mit veltelekh (Worlds a World: Conversations with Yiddish Writers)
We publish original educational materials for students of Yiddish, including the graded readers: Motl Peyse dem khazns (Motl the Cantor’s Son) and Afn Veg: Zibn Dertseylungen fun Y-.L. Perets (Seven Short Stories by I. L. Peretz)
We publish and sell other Yiddish learning books and materials
We organize Yiddish cultural programs
Former Editors
See the history of the League for Yiddish, including former editors of Afn Shvel
Who We Are
Meet the team promoting the Yiddish language and the mission of the League for Yiddish
Press Room
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שמועס: דאָס אויפֿוואַקסן חסידיש אין ווין Discussion: Growing up Hasidic in Vienna
פֿאָרווערטס־רעדאַקציע
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“¡Optimismo Yiddish!” por la League for Yiddish
Gitl Schaechter- Viswanath
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New CD of Yiddish children’s songs by Vilna-born composer David Botwinik
Deborah Strauss