Yiddish Hoyz
“Lomir zikh oyslebn”
(English: see below)

יִדיש־הױז, אַ נײַע פּראָגראַם פֿון ייִדיש־זומער װײַמאַר, איז אַ שטיקל ייִדישלאַנד בײַם יערלעכן פֿעסטיװאַל פֿאַר ייִדיש־קולטור און מוזיק. די גרופּע ייִדיש־רעדערס װױנט צוזאַמען און פֿאַרברענגט אַ גאַנצע װאָך אױף ייִדיש.

31 יולי - 10 אױגוסט 2026

Speaking a language together is like musical improvisation – spontaneous, collaborative communication – and good improvisation requires practice and experience. Sadly, there’s no easy flight to Yiddishland, and few chances for new speakers to be surrounded by the language they have learned in class.

Yiddish Hoyz, a new project of Yiddish Summer Weimar (YSW), is an immersive Yiddish-speaking space where conversational speakers (intermediate or above) will live in the language for one or two weeks during the festival, cooking and eating together, playing games, watching Yiddish films, and simply hanging out in Yiddish. This will complement and deepen the learning of our classroom language programs. Hoyz-mates will discover and fill gaps in their vocabulary and grammar, create new Weimar Yiddish slang, and quickly become more confident speakers by chatting with new friends.

Hoyz-mates commit to speaking Yiddish exclusively at home and around hoyz-mates. However, Yiddish has always existed in multilingual contexts, and of course you can still speak other languages around Weimar as appropriate.

After our group breakfast, your schedule is up to you. While living in the hoyz, you can choose to take one of the YSW music or dance workshops (not included), attend concerts and other cultural events, explore the city and the region, do some remote work on your laptop, or spend festival week immersed in Yiddish culture with the free mini-workshops at the Other Music Academy: singing, dancing, reading, and chatting with the larger YSW community.

Yiddish Hoyz 2026: July 31 - August 10, 2026

Registration for Yiddish Hoyz 2026 has not yet begun. 

Initiator and coordinator: Jake Schneider, Yiddish poet and founding coordinator of Shmues un Vayn, Berlin’s Yiddish-speaking social club.