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HELP YUGNTRUF SPREAD YIDDISH FOR ANOTHER 60 YEARS!
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TO CELEBRATE YUGNTRUF’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, WE ARE RAISING $60,000! AS OF DECEMBER 26TH, 2024, we've raised $50,000 but need your help to raise that final  $10,000! 

SIXTY YEARS AGO – in March 1964 – 16-year-old David Roskies wrote fellow student Gabi Trunk to propose creating a Yiddish language magazine that would unite Yiddish-speaking youth around the world. They would call it “Yugntruf” – “call to youth.” By that August, more than 50 young Yiddish speakers, under the guidance of Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter, gathered in NYC to officially launch Yugntruf - Youth for Yiddish.

OVER THE PAST SIX DECADES, Yugntruf - Youth for Yiddish has galvanized the rejuvenation of Yiddish among youth worldwide, and has built a culture of speaking in Yiddish, not just about Yiddish through our innovative programs:

  • Yugntruf’s “Yidish-vokh” (Yiddish Week), our 49th annual total-immersion Yiddish-language retreat, was sold out this summer, with 150 young people, families, and seniors from around the world traveling to the beautiful NY Berkshires to enjoy our workshops, classes, and summer camp fun – all in Yiddish! 
  • Our Yugntruf Digital Archive (yugntruf.org/zhurnal) preserves – in an online searchable format – more than 40 years of original Yiddish poetry, stories, and commentary from 104 issues of the “Yugntruf” journal.
  • Kinder-Loshn Publications (www.kinderloshn.org) brings to the youngest generation our beautifully-illustrated Yiddish/English children’s books, like Solomon Simon’s “Dos Kluge Shnayderl” (The Clever Little Tailor) and Jenny Kjærbo's “Gevald!” (Uh Oh!), with Esther Himelstein’s “Dos Alte Shpil-Kestele” (The Old Toy Chest) and other delightful books to come!
  • “Farbreng!” (“Hang Out!”), Yugntruf’s national initiative is fostering groups of young Yiddish-speakers in Chicago and Boston as they sponsor local activities in Yiddish – cafe hangouts, museum visits, and more – that further the everyday use of mame-loshn.

SO PLEASE MAKE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY TO YUGNTRUF! Help us sustain Yugntruf's innovative programs so we can continue spreading Yiddish worldwide – for the NEXT 60 years!

IF YOU GIVE $100 OR MORE, you’ll receive these tokens of our thanks:

  • $100-179: Yugntruf 60th Anniversary Journal
  • $180 - $359: Yugntruf 60th Anniversary Journal PLUS “The Clever Little Tailor”
  • $360-$1,079: All the above PLUS “Gevald!” or "Uh-oh!"
  • $1,080 - $5,999: All the above PLUS art prints of illustrations from “The Clever Little Tailor”
  • $6,000: All the above PLUS a free week at Yidish-vokh 2025!

 

צו פּראַװען 60 יאָר יוגנטרוף אין 2024, שאַפֿן מיר $60,000 אױפֿצוהאַלטן אונדזער אַרבעט און נאָװאַטאָרישע פּראָגראַם כּדי צו קענען װײַטער פֿאַרשפּרײטן מאַמע־לשון — הלװאַי אױף נאָך 60 יאָר! מיר האָבן שוין געשאַפֿן $50,000. איצט דאַרפֿן מיר אײַער הילף כּדי צו שאַפֿן נאָך $10,000 ! !ר

מיט זעכציק יאָר צוריק — אין מאַרץ 1964 — האָט דער זעכצן־יעריקער דוד ראָסקעס געשריבן זײַן מיטסטודענט גאַבי טרונק פֿירצולײגן אַז מע זאָל שאַפֿן אַ ייִדישן זשורנאַל װאָס זאָל פֿאַראײניקן די ייִדיש־רעדנדיקע יוגנט אַרום דער װעלט. דעם זשורנאַל האָבן זײ גערופֿן „יוגנטרוף“. אין אױגוסט פֿון זעלבן יאָר האָבן שױן העכער פֿופֿציק יונגע ייִדיש־רעדערס, אונטער דער הדרכה פֿון ד״ר מרדכי שעכטערן, זיך געזאַמלט אין שטאָט ניו־יאָרק צו לאַנצירן יוגנטרוף — יוגנט פֿאַר ייִדיש.ש

במשך די לעצטע זעקס יאָרצענדליק האָט יונגטרוף — יוגנט פֿאַר ייִדיש דערװעקט אַ באַנײַונג פֿון ייִדיש צװישן יונגטלעכע אַרום דער גאָרער װעלט, און שטענדיק אַגיטירט, מע זאָל רעדן אױף ייִדיש, נישט נאָר װעגן ייִדיש! ש

די ייִדיש־װאָך (דעם 16טן ביזן 22סטן אױגוסט, 2024) איז װידער אויספֿאַרקויפֿט געוואָרן, און האָט צוגעצויגן יונגע־לײַט, משפּחות, און עלטערע פֿון אַרום דער װעלט צו די פּרעכטיק שײנע בערקשיר־בערג אין שטאַט ניו־יאָרק צו פֿאַרברענגען מיט װאַרשטאַטן, קלאַסן, און זומער־לאַגערישער הנאה — אַלץ אױף ייִדיש!ש

אונדזער יוגנטרוף־אַרכיװןהיט אױף קנאַפּע פֿערציק יאָר פֿון אָריגינעלער פּאָעזיע, דערצײלונגען, בעלעטריסטיק, און אַנדערע אַרטיקלען פֿון די 104 נומערן „יונגטרוף“ — אַלץ צום אַדורכזוכן.ן

פֿאַרלאַג „קינדער־לשון" שטעלט צו פֿאַרן ייִנגסטן דור אונדזער פּרעכטיק שײן אילוסטרירטע ייִדיש/ענגליש־קינדערביכלעך, װי שלמה סײַמאָנס „ דאָס קלוגע שנײַדערל.“ן

און יעני קיערבאָס „געװאַלד!“ — און באַלד װעלן אַרױסגײן נאָך גאָר חנעװדיקע ביכעלעך װי אסתּר הימלשטײנס „דאָס אַלטע שפּיל־קעסטעלע".ע

און „פֿאַרברענג!“, אַן איניציאַטיװ אין פֿאַרשײדענע שטעט אַרום אַמעריקע צו שאַפֿן געלעגנהײטן צו רעדן און פֿאַרברענגען אויף ייִדיש פּנים־אל־פּנים אַ גאַנץ קײַלעכדיק יאָר, אָנהײבנדיק אין שיקאַגע און אין באָסטאָן. מע װעט קענען פֿאַרברענגען אין אַ קאַפֿע, אין אַ מוזײ, אין אַ פּאַרק — אַבי אױף ייִדיש! ן

:פֿאַר אײַער נדבֿה פֿון $100 אָדער מער, װעט איר באַקומען די מתּנות

  • $179—$100: יוגנטרופֿס 60סטער יובֿל־זשורנאַל
  • $359—$180: "יובֿל־זשורנאַל װי אױך „דאָס קלוגע שנײַדערל
  • $1,079—$360: "!די אַלע אױבן דערמאָנטע, װי אױך „געװאַלד
  • $5,999—$1,080:   די אַלע אױבן דערמאָנטע, װי אױך אָפּדרוקן פֿון די אילוסטראַציעס פֿון „דאָס קלוגע שנײַדערל" געשאַפֿן פֿון יהודה בלום
  • $6,000 :אָדער מער: די אַלע אױבן דערמאָנטע װי אױך אַ װאָך אױף דער ייִדיש־װאָך 2025

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Filled with six decades of Yugntruf history – stories, photos, and interviews with four generations of Yugntruf members – our keepsake Journal will be sent in May 2025 to all donors of $100 or more to this campaign. 

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Our journal, plus our Yiddish/English edition of "The Clever Little Tailor" by Solomon Simon, translated by David Forman, about an everyday Jew who defeats giants and robbers, and aids kings and commoners alike with his wit.

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Our 60th anniversary journal, "The Clever Little Tailor", and a Yiddish or English edition of Jenny Kjærbo's "Uh-oh!" (in Yiddish: "Gevald!"), which tells the story of a wayward young puffin who has a series of misadventures when he is left in charge of his baby brother’s egg.

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All of the above, plus three framed gallery-quality canvas prints of Yehuda Blum's original artwork from "The Clever Little Tailor." 

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All of the above, plus a week at Yidish-Vokh, our annual retreat with 150 young people, families, and seniors from around the world traveling to the beautiful NY Berkshires to enjoy our workshops, classes, and summer camp fun – all in Yiddish! 

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Copy of Yugntruf 60th Anniversary Journal
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Filled with six decades of Yugntruf history – stories, photos, and interviews with four generations of Yugntruf members – our keepsake Journal will be sent in May 2025 to all donors of $100 or more to this campaign. 

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Our journal, plus our Yiddish/English edition of "The Clever Little Tailor" by Solomon Simon, translated by David Forman, about an everyday Jew who defeats giants and robbers, and aids kings and commoners alike with his wit.

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All of Above + "Gevald!" or "Uh-oh!"
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Our 60th anniversary journal, "The Clever Little Tailor", and a Yiddish or English edition of Jenny Kjærbo's "Uh-oh!" (in Yiddish: "Gevald!"), which tells the story of a wayward young puffin who has a series of misadventures when he is left in charge of his baby brother’s egg.

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All of Above + Art from "The Clever Little Tailor"
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All of the above, plus three framed gallery-quality canvas prints of Yehuda Blum's original artwork from "The Clever Little Tailor." 

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All of Above + Week at Yidish-Vokh
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All of the above, plus a week at Yidish-Vokh, our annual retreat with 150 young people, families, and seniors from around the world traveling to the beautiful NY Berkshires to enjoy our workshops, classes, and summer camp fun – all in Yiddish! 

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