Chutzpah! Yiddish in Practice: Translating Songs from English into Yiddish
Award-winning playwright and performer Tamara Micner will lead participants in an interactive workshop where they will learn how to translate their favourite songs into Yiddish!
Date/Time: Nov 8 2026, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Vancouver, Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture6184 Ash St
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Cost: Free
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As a Yiddish educator, Tamara knows tips and tricks to approaching the language for learners of all levels (no Yiddish knowledge needed!). Participants will work on translating a song together in small groups. Bring a notebook, pen, and a song you would like to translate, and get ready to kvell with all the Yiddish you’ll learn.
This fun workshop is free for all; registration is required in advance.
Register online or email info@peretz-centre.org to be added to the registration list (25 spots available).
Tamara Micner hails from Coast Salish land/Vancouver and now lives in London, England. Her previous shows at Chutzpah! include What You're Missing, Old Friends and Holocaust Brunch (nominated for two Jessie Awards). Other past projects & collaborations include A Secret Life, Wink the Other Eye, Fantasmagoriana, and Climate Grief Karaoke. She co-founded the London Shpilers - London's first Yiddish theatre company in decades - and leads Yiddish-theatre workshops around the world, in addition to teaching Yiddish to all sorts of mentshn.
Tamara’s Panto Yankl and The Beanstalk will receive its North American Premiere at the festival on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 7:30 PM, and on Sunday, November 15, at 3:00 PM at Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre.
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