YIVO Yiddish Club: Yiddish and Hasidic Culture in Film, TV, and Theater Today with Lili Rosen

Yiddish Club Admission: Free Registration is required.

Nu, vilst redn a bisele yidish? An event for Yiddish enthusiasts the world over, the YIVO Yiddish club is an informal monthly gathering to celebrate Mame-loshn. Hosted by Shane Baker, sessions take place in English, and are liberally peppered with Yiddish. Each month Baker is joined by a different guest who discusses their work and a related Yiddish cultural theme. In the spirit of a club, sessions are held as interactive zoom meetings in which participants can see and hear one another. Each session includes ample time for audience questions, group discussion, and, time permitting, knock-down, drag-out arguments. Attendees need not know any Yiddish to attend, though some familiarity with the language is highly recommended.

This session features actress, writer, and producer Lili Rosen for a discussion of Yiddish and Hasidic culture in film, TV, and theater today. Born and raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, Rosen featured as Reb Yosele in the hit Neftlix series Unorthodox and is the managing director of New Yiddish Rep.