Yugntruf - Youth for Yiddish

Yugntruf is a Yiddish organization cultivating the active use of the Yiddish language through immersion opportunities, educational programming and a children's book publishing house. http://www.yugntruf.org
יוגנטרוף איז איבערגעגעבן
דעם קולטיװירן דאָס פּינטעלע ייִדיש בײַ דער הײַנטיקער יוגנט: דורכן שטיצן און פֿאַרשפּרײטן דעם לעבעדיקן באַנוץ פֿון דער ייִדישער שפּראַך, סײַ דאָ, סײַ אין אױסלאַנד, דורכ

ן שאַפֿן געלעגנהײטן פֿאַרן לערנען זיך ייִדיש און פֿאַר אימערסיע, און דורכן צושטעלן מיטלען און שטיצונג פֿאַר ייִדיש־רעדנדיקע יחידים און משפּחות אין אַ ברײטער געזעלשאַפֿטלעכער נעץ. 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.

It's World Book Day and we're incredibly proud to publish classic and original children's books in Yiddish and English. ...
04/24/2026

It's World Book Day and we're incredibly proud to publish classic and original children's books in Yiddish and English. Learn more at: https://yiddishchildrensbooks.com/ and https://yiddishstories.org/.

הײַנט איז דער אינטערנאַציאָנאַלער יום־טובֿ פֿונעם ביכל. מיר זענען שטאָלץ אַרויסצוגעבן קלאַסישע און נײַע קינדערביכער אויף ייִדיש און ענגליש. דערוויסט זיך מער אָט דאָ:
https://kinderloshn.org/?lang=yi

Looking for some Jewish joy? Esther Himelstein's "The Old Toy Chest" is a great book to read with kids in English, Yiddi...
04/22/2026

Looking for some Jewish joy? Esther Himelstein's "The Old Toy Chest" is a great book to read with kids in English, Yiddish, or a bit of both...
https://yiddishchildrensbooks.com/products/the-old-toy-chest-by-esther-himelstein
זוכט איר אַ חנעוודיק ביכל צו לייענען מיט די קינדער אָדער אייניקלעך? „דאָס אַלטע שפּילקעסטעלע‟ פֿון אסתּר הימלשטיין שילדערט די אַוואַנטורעס פֿון געשטאָפּטע חיהלעך, וואָס בענקען נאָך די נעכטיקע טעג.

מע פֿאַרברענגט אויף ייִדיש אין איטאַקע און מישיגען.Recent Farbreng Yiddish gatherings in Ithaca (paper cutting workshop)...
02/10/2026

מע פֿאַרברענגט אויף ייִדיש אין איטאַקע און מישיגען.
Recent Farbreng Yiddish gatherings in Ithaca (paper cutting workshop) and Michigan (a trip to a schvitz-bath)

02/05/2026

The League for Yiddish is hiring an Executive Director! Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath on the League's mission, its territorialist history, and a job posting.

אַכטונג קאַנאַדער לייענער: מע קען שוין באַשטעלן אונדזערע ביכער בײַ אײַך אין לאַנד פֿונעם "קנאָבל־קאָלעקטיוו". אַזוי אַרו...
01/18/2026

אַכטונג קאַנאַדער לייענער: מע קען שוין באַשטעלן אונדזערע ביכער בײַ אײַך אין לאַנד פֿונעם "קנאָבל־קאָלעקטיוו". אַזוי אַרום וועט איר קענען אויסמײַדן דאָס באַצאָלן אויף פּאָסטגעלט פֿון אַמעריקע...
Yiddish (and English) readers in Canada: Our books can now be ordered from Knobl un honik kolektiv and shipped anywhere in Canada.

Bunny,” she said, “we are only stuffed animals. How much noise can we possibly make jumping up and down?…” Cheeky, Wee-Wee, Bunny, and the other stuffed animals long for the days when Feivel and Sh…

12/19/2025
געוואַלד! ס׳איז שוין כּמעט חנוכּה! קויפֿט הײַנט אַ ביכל פֿאַר קינד און קייט!
12/10/2025

געוואַלד! ס׳איז שוין כּמעט חנוכּה!
קויפֿט הײַנט אַ ביכל פֿאַר קינד און קייט!

The puffin is so angry that he accidentally kicks the egg. The crack in the egg gets bigger and bigger until suddenly there is a hole. He peeps through the hole and sees that the egg has eyes! Uh-oh! tells the story of a wayward young puffin who has a series of misadventures when he is left in charg...

Looking for the perfect Hanukkah gift that bridges the old with the new? In a small Jewish town in Poland, at a time whe...
12/05/2025

Looking for the perfect Hanukkah gift that bridges the old with the new?

In a small Jewish town in Poland, at a time when giants still roam the earth, yet people are just the same as they are today, there lives a poor tailor. When robbers attack coachmen on the road to his town, he volunteers to drive a merchant's wagon and soon finds himself embarking upon a series of adventures that will take him far from home. With his keen wit, he solves mysteries, defeats all types of evildoers, and becomes known throughout the land as "The Clever Little Tailor."

Deeply rooted in Eastern European Jewish folkways and humor, Solomon Simon's charming novel for young readers, "The Clever Little Tailor," is available for the first time in English. This sturdy full-color hardback edition presents the original Yiddish text alongside the English translation and stunning illustrations.

In a small Jewish town in Poland, at a time when giants still the earth, yet people are just the same as they are today, there lives a poor tailor. When robbers attack coachmen on the road to his town, he volunteers to drive a merchant's wagon and soon finds himself embarking upon a series of advent...

12/04/2025

Publishing Yiddish Children's Books in the 21st Century w/ Jordan Kutzik

Jordan Kutzik, publisher of Kinder-Loshn Publications, will discuss the joys and challenges of publishing Yiddish children's books outside of the Hasidic world. He will explore the backstories of the translators and illustrators who are bringing century-old works to a new audience, as well the authors writing original Yiddish children's literature today. Attendees will see the evolution of several books from the 1930s through the 21st century and get a sneak-peak at forthcoming titles.

Tickets on sale now for Yiddish New York 2025 - in NYC and online!!

צי זוכט איר אַ חנוכּה־מתּנה פֿאַר קינד און קייט? Looking for the perfect Hanukkah gift for young and old? Open up "The O...
12/03/2025

צי זוכט איר אַ חנוכּה־מתּנה פֿאַר קינד און קייט?
Looking for the perfect Hanukkah gift for young and old? Open up "The Old Toy Chest" in time for the menorah lighting

“Bunny,” she said, “we are only stuffed animals. How much noise can we possibly make jumping up and down?…” Cheeky, Wee-Wee, Bunny, and the other stuffed animals long for the days when Feivel and Shprintze used to play with them. Forgotten in an attic, they hatch a daring plan to reunite w...

חבֿרים אין לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס: זונטיק קומט פֿאָר אַ גרויסן פֿעסטיוואַל געווידמעט דער ייִדישער שפּראַך און קולטור.Friends in...
11/22/2025

חבֿרים אין לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס: זונטיק קומט פֿאָר אַ גרויסן פֿעסטיוואַל געווידמעט דער ייִדישער שפּראַך און קולטור.
Friends in LA: the first annual Yiddish LA festival is tomorrow (Sunday).

Join us for LA Yiddish Day 2025! Kultur Mercado, in partnership with the Southern California Arbeter Ring Educational Center, Holocaust Museum LA, Der Nister, Sholem Community, HUC-Jewish Language Project, and the California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language (CIYCL), is proud to announce

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