Monday, February 23
8 – 9pm ET
Zoom

About

Queer Yiddish Shmues is an informal conversation circle for 2SIAQTBLG+ & Questioning Yiddishists and Yiddish learners, with three self-selecting breakout rooms by Yiddish level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced) and an English-speaking room in the main Zoom room.

It’s a chance to build rad Yiddish community, learn how to speak about issues we care about in Yiddish, and co-create contemporary Yiddish culture while improving (and improvising) our Yiddish.

*We ask that allies respect that this is a 2SIAQTBLG+ & questioning space and only attend if invited by a 2SIAQTBLG+ or questioning community member. 2SIAQTBLG+ or questioning community members are welcome to invite a non-2SIAQTBLG+ friend if they’re part of your community and you want them to partake in the meetup with you.

Format

Queer Yiddish Shmues has three self-selecting breakout rooms by Yiddish level (beginner/intermediate/advanced) plus an English main room.

1-2 moderators will hang out in each breakout room to give suggested conversation topic prompts, but feel free to shmooze about whatever topics you want! Also feel free to switch rooms as you wish, regardless of your Yiddish level.

It’s always ok to drop in without participating, but any/all attempts at speaking, writing, and expressing in Yiddish are fully encouraged! You don’t have to be fluent.

Accessibility

Auto-captions will be turned on in the English main room.

Let us know if you have any accessibility needs you’d like to address before the meetup that would make it possible for you to participate.

The more heads up we get, the more likely we’ll be able to help meet your access needs so please let us know about access requests in your registration at least 2 weeks before the event!