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The Great Yiddish Parade: Culture, Activism, and Song

Guest Speaker: Vivi Lachs
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
5:00-6:30 PM
2022 202 S. Thayer Map
Vivi Lachs, author of "East End Jews: Sketches from the London Yiddish Press", offers a student-focused workshop for anyone interested in Yiddish. Pre-readings will be circulated 1-week prior to the event.

Dr. Vivi Lachs is a social and cultural historian and a Yiddish performer and translator. Her books include "Whitechapel Noise" and "London Yiddishtown" (both Wayne State University Press). Lachs records with the band Klezmer Klub, leads tours of the Jewish East End, and runs London's Great Yiddish Parade.

The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts greatly values inclusion and access for all. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to enable full participation in this event. Please contact js-event-coord@umich.edu to request disability accommodations or with any questions/concerns. Please provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet requested accommodations.
Building: 202 S. Thayer
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Event Type: Workshop / Seminar
Tags: Activism, Art, Books, European, Graduate, Graduate Students, History, Humanities, Jewish Studies, Media, Middle East Studies, Social Sciences, Undergraduate
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Judaic Studies