Something for everyone! 6 opportunities to hear Michael Wex speaking in various languages and neighbourhoods, on various topics and for various budgets. Epes far yedn eynem! 6 gelegnhaytn tsu hern Mikhl Veks in farsheydene shprakhn, gegntn, temes un prayzn.
Lecture: "Don't Knock Me a Teapot: Strange Yiddish Expressions and How They Got That Way" Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 Time: 6:30 p.m. Place: Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Avenue at 40th Street, 6th Floor Directions: B/D/F/V train to 42nd Street; 7 train to 5th Avenue Price: Free Reservations: not needed; for information call 212-340-0873 Language: In English
Lecture: "Social and Psychological Origins of Yiddish" Date: Thursday, January 19, 2006 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place:
YIVO,
15 W. 16th Street, Manhattan Directions: F/V train to 14th Street Price: $10/$5 students & seniors Reservations: please buy tickets or reserve in advance: 212-606-8200 Language: In English
Referat: "Beyn Yisroel loamim: Yidn, Yidish un goles" Date: fraytik dem 20stn Yanuar, 2006 Tsayt: 12:00 ba tog Ort:
YIVO,
15 W. 16th Street, Manhattan For-instruktsyes: F/V/N/Q/R/4/5/6 ban biz 14ste gas Prayz: bekhinem Rezervatsyes: me darf onklingen 212-294-6139 Shprakh: AF YIDISH
Referat: "Daytsh af tselakhis: der ufkum fun Yidish" Date: Shabeyse-nakht dem 21stn Yanuar, 2006 Tsayt: 7:30 n"m Ort: Atran-Hoyz, 25 E. 21st Street, Manhattan For-instruktsyes: R ban biz 23ste gas Prayz: $7, kave un iberbaysns arayngerekhnt Rezervatsyes: me darf nisht; nokh informatsyes klingt on 212-889-0381 Sprakh: AF YIDISH
Lecture: "Portrait of a People and a Language in Exile" Date: Sunday, January 22, 2006 Time: 2:00 p.m. Place:
Hebrew Home for the Aged,
5901 Palisade Avenue, Riverdale, Bronx Directions: Click
here Price: Free Reservations: recommended, 1-800-56-SENIOR Language: In English
Lecture: "Born to Kvetch" Date: Sunday, January 22, 2006 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place:
Makor,
35 W. 67th Street, Manhattan Directions: Click here Price: $15 Reservations: 212-415-5500 Language: In English
For a guide to the pronunciation and transliteration used on this website, click
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