L.A. Yiddish Day 2025 (field trip)

This day-long celebration will bring together Yiddishists, cultural enthusiasts, educators, students, and the wider Jewish community for lectures, workshops, performances, and community-building centered on the Yiddish language and its enduring legacy.

Programming will feature sessions for both beginners and advanced speakers, cultural events highlighting Yiddish music and literature, and special presentations to connect audiences with the lived experience of the Holocaust through survivor testimony. LA Yiddish Day aims to reignite Yiddish cultural life in Los Angeles by catering to all levels of interest and creating a platform for intergenerational learning and exchange.

There will be a schoolwide field trip for Sholem students and their families, prioritizing activities for younger children earlier in the day. 

Sunday, November 23, 2025
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
at Hebrew Union College – Los Angeles
3077 University Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90007

This will be the first major community-driven Yiddish event in Southern California in nearly a decade, bringing together the many organizations whose work helps to keep Yiddish language, culture, and memory alive in the city.

Doors will open at 9:45 AM for check-in and morning coffee. Light refreshments will be provided throughout the day, and all sessions are open to registered participants.

For tickets go to

https://givebutter.com/layiddish2025

Presented by Kultur Mercado, in partnership with the Sholem Community, Southern California Arbeter Ring Educational Center, Holocaust Museum LA, Der Nister, HUC-Jewish Language Project, and the California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language (CIYCL).