If you're looking for Yiddish language classes in Boston, you've come to the right place. Our instructors are passionate about Yiddish and are experienced educators. Whether you are a complete beginner or grew up speaking the language, we have a class that will accommodate you. Students cover a wide age range, from young adults to seniors. We offer classes in the fall and spring.
Winter 2012 Schedule HERE
Our Instructors
Lillian Shporer Leavitt, a daughter of Shoah survivors, grew up speaking Yiddish and graduated from the Boston Workmen's Circle Yiddish shule. A former computer software trainer, she is an experienced Yiddish teacher, having taught at the Workmen's Circle, synagogues, community centers, Gann Academy of Greater Boston, and Brandeis University.
Abby Howell has a masters in education and is a middle school teacher at The Learning Center for the Deaf. She learned Yiddish at the University of Texas and the Uriel Weinreich program at Columbia University, and was an intern at the National Yiddish Book Center. A Yiddish activist, she sits on the board of Yugntruf: Youth for Yiddish and is a graduate of Yugntruf's Yiddish Teachers' Seminar.
Hanna Palmon grew up in Israel and has taught Hebrew at Prozdor and at the Hebrew College Ulpan for the last six years. Having studied Yiddish at Brandeis and the Tel Aviv summer intensive Yiddish program, she began teaching Yiddish at the Workmen’s Circle last year.
