Pedagogy

Feb 13, 2019

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 20, 2019

A conversation between language instructors who teach and think about online courses, answering a series of questions that we posed in order to reflect on the state of online Yiddish language learning.

Dec 12, 2018

Anna Elena Torres shares her reflections about, and syllabus for, the course “Yiddish Poetics of the Border.”

Sep 27, 2018

Using a short scene from the 1938 film Mamele (dir. Joseph Green, Konrad Tom), Rebecca Margolis demonstrates how short excerpts of Yiddish films can be used to address specific aspects of Yiddish dialect, grammar and idiom, and translation in the Yiddish language classroom.

Sep 24, 2018

Apr 26, 2018

Instructors share their thoughts on teaching with Sholem Aleichem.

Apr 03, 2018

Jordan Finkin offers resources and ideas for teaching this unusual poem.

Mar 12, 2018

Feb 27, 2018

Instructors share their thoughts on sharing about their personal lives and commitments while teaching Yiddish language or culture.

Jan 15, 2018