On March 23–25, 2017 a seminar "Pearls of Yiddish culture" for 22 professionals of Jewish organizations from the Russian city of Kaliningrad (former Koenigsberg) took place in Vilnius public Jewish library
International Yiddish Center at the World Jewish Congress and Vilnius Jewish Public Library have initiated a new way of presenting Yiddish topics to the general public in Vilnius
On March 9, 2017 the seminar "Losses in History and Historical Perception" took place in the small Lithuanian town of Kėdainiai. WJC YC academic director Dr. Mordechai Yushkovsky provided 2 lectures there
On February 28, 2017 the second session of the Yiddish mini-course took place in the Israeli Knesset. Its topic was: "Secrets of Yiddish humor, or Why in Yiddish it sounds better?"
On February 17 – 18, 2017 in Minsk our representative Yulia Smilianska took active part in the annual session of the program "Metsuda", which aims to equip young Jewish leaders and activists with skills contributing community building and development.
On February 15, 2017 the first session of the basic Yiddish language course, organized amidst close cooperation between the WJC YC and Vilnius Public Jewish Library, took place in the library.
On January 19 - 20, 2017 the "Knafayim" (Wings) program for Jewish youth leaders from several Central-Russian regions held a seminar in the town of Khimki near Moscow.
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