Pedagogy
Yiddish in ale lender! Yiddish Summer Programs Roundup 2020
Jonah Lubin
Looking to improve your Yiddish this summer? There are options all over the world, from traditional classroom-based programs to music festivals, and everything in between—and we’ve done the research so you don’t have to.
Jan 29, 2020
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The post-Holocaust Parisian “Phalanstery” of 9 rue Guy Patin and its Legacies. Review of Rachel Ertel, Mémoire du yiddish
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My Hunger for Knowledge Was Immense: On Learning and Teaching Yiddish
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Borodulin’s acceptance speech for the 2019 Adrienne Cooper Dreaming in Yiddish Prize, in which he outlines how he came to find a passion for Yiddish language instruction.
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