The Workmen's Circle of Michigan
Center for Jewish Culture and Social Justice
Yiddishkayt Overview
If you’re looking for Yiddish in Michigan, Workmen’s Circle is the
address you need. Throughout the country, Workmen’s Circle has been a
leader in preserving and promoting Yiddishkayt.
Yiddish connects us to a thousand years of Jewish history. In our Michigan community we strive to integrate the language and culture into a living, authentic, creative, and contemporary Jewish identity.
Yiddish connects us to a thousand years of Jewish history. In our Michigan community we strive to integrate the language and culture into a living, authentic, creative, and contemporary Jewish identity.
- If you are looking to immerse yourself in Yiddish language
activities, join Yiddish U, where you can take a language class, or participate with other students in an informal
language group. - If you want to absorb some Yiddish culture through music, join our Yiddish social justice chorus.
- If you want to learn about Yiddish history and literature, join our book discussions, presentations and lectures.
- All Yiddish programming is listed on our calendar.
Yiddish language and culture inspired one of the most prolific eras
in Jewish literature, poetry, music and theater. Yiddish was the
language of the 2.5 million Jewish immigrants who came to America from
Eastern Europe, their hardships and their ideals. Yiddish was the
language of the Jewish labor movement and the struggle for rights,
equality, and freedom. And still, today, Yiddish culture inspires
popular American humor, music, language, art. We invite you to explore
this rich cultural inheritance!