Pedagogy

For our Loyt di stu­dentn series, Sarah Biskowitz polled Yid­dish stu­dents around the globe about their expe­ri­ences learn­ing Yid­dish and build­ing com­mu­ni­ty dur­ing the pandemic.

Feb 17, 2021

Despite the COVID-19 Pan­dem­ic, there are plen­ty of oppor­tu­ni­ties to improve your Yid­dish this sum­mer. There are options all over the world (and Inter­net), from class­room-based pro­grams to music fes­ti­vals and every­thing in-between — and we’ve done the research so you don’t have to.

Feb 11, 2021

Mar­i­anne Tatom polled Yid­dish teach­ers out­side the uni­ver­si­ty class­room about their teach­ing strate­gies and expe­ri­ences teach­ing online dur­ing a pandemic.

Feb 03, 2021

Jan 15, 2021

Dec 23, 2020

Dec 21, 2020

Chil­dren ages 5 — 13 can read a Yid­dish sto­ry in the trans­la­tion or orig­i­nal and sub­mit a book report to In Geveb.

Nov 19, 2020

This year, due to the glob­al pan­dem­ic, many sum­mer Yid­dish pro­grams have announced that they will be mov­ing online. We’ve col­lect­ed the details here.

May 03, 2020

The lat­est in our series of polls for teach­ers of Yid­dish. This time, we want to learn how you mod­i­fy your teach­ing for dif­fer­ent set­tings — class­room for­mat, class fre­quen­cy, stu­dent com­po­si­tion, and so on. Please take the poll and share widely!

Apr 20, 2020

Jes­si­ca Kirzane uses a Forverts advice col­umn to help her stu­dents prac­tice lib hobn and oth­er periphrastic verb struc­tures and encour­ages teach­ers to bor­row the exer­cise in their own classrooms.

Mar 26, 2020