Agenda

Intensive Yiddish Program

from July 19 to 24, 2026

Yiddish Barcelona

Based in Barcelona's historic Jewish quarter, Yiddish Barcelona is a new program that aims to expand opportunities for learning Yiddish language and culture within Spanish and Catalan speaking contexts, as well as to promote awareness of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage in Spain and Catalonia, and to introduce lesser-known Yiddish works from Latin America.

The program combines intensive language classes with a rich cultural program, and is open to anyone interested in learning or deepening their knowledge of Yiddish.

Three language levels will be offered (beginner with no prior knowledge, beginner with prior knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet, and intermediate), along with personalized tutoring and a daily Yiddish theater and song workshop led by the teaching staff. Students will participate in a guided tour of the old Jewish quarter, a Jewish cooking workshop, and will join a Shabbat meal as a closing of the program.

In the afternoons and evenings, the program will feature cultural activities open to the general public: roundtable discussions on topics such as the influence of Don Quixote on Yiddish literature, audiovisual testimonies of the Shoah in Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish, Yiddish in Latin America and conversations on the task of translating Yiddish into Catalan, among others.

Place: Casa Adret. Carrer de Salomó ben Adret, 6. Ciutat Vella, Barcelona.

More information and registration: Organized by: Yiddish Barcelona. Sponsors: Mozaika Barcelona and The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies (Yale University). In collaboration with: University of Barcelona, Institute of Jewish Studies of Barcelona, Barcelona Jewish Film Festival, Toldot and Patronat Call de Girona