Pedagogy
Reflections on the teaching and learning of Yiddish, as well as downloadable guides, exercises, and lesson plans to use in the classroom.
Pedagogy
Teaching Guide for "Invitation to Participate: Teaching with Sholem Aleichem," by The Editors
Jessica Kirzane
Feb 27, 2018
Pedagogy
לויט די לערערס | Teachers Weigh In: The Person Teaching With Yiddish
Jessica Kirzane
Instructors share their thoughts on sharing about their personal lives and commitments while teaching Yiddish language or culture.
Jan 15, 2018
Pedagogy
Yiddish in ale lender! Yiddish Summer Programs Roundup 2018
Jessica Kirzane
A short description of the many Yiddish language and culture summer programs on offer for 2018.
Jan 08, 2018
Pedagogy
Yiddish in Berlin/Berlin in Yiddish
Ekaterina Kuznetsova
| Ekaterina Kuznetsova reflects on the first-ever Yiddish summer program to take place in the German capital (August 14 - September 1st 2017) |
Dec 06, 2017
Pedagogy
From Kansas to Kentucky in a Jewish Literature Classroom: A “Creative Option” for Reflection Papers
Jessica Kirzane
Jessica Kirzane discusses a creative writing prompt for students in a course on American Jewish Literature and shares samples of students’ work.
Nov 19, 2017
Pedagogy
Inhabiting Multiple Homelands: Teaching in a Summer Yiddish Program
Justin Cammy
Nov 13, 2017
Pedagogy
Invitation to Participate: Teaching with Sholem Aleichem
The Editors
Calling all teachers! Participate in our pedagogy poll.
Nov 06, 2017
Pedagogy
Tam – Tastes of Yiddish Culture for Kids & Teens
Judy Kunofsky
KlezCalifornia, founded in 2003, and located in the San Francisco Bay Area, developed an initiative to bring materials about Yiddish culture to Jewish youth in religious schools and day schools.
Oct 23, 2017
Pedagogy
Experiencing History: Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust
Emil Kerenji
In November 2016, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum launched the beta version of Experiencing History: Jewish Perspectives on the Holocaust, a primary-source teaching tool that aims to bring Jewish sources from the Holocaust to the North American undergraduate classroom. Emil Kerenji describes the tool and how it can be used.
Oct 10, 2017
Pedagogy
Teaching Guide for Blume Lempel's "The Debt" (trans Cassedy and Taub)
Jennifer Kronovet
The third in a series of teaching guides, this one for Ellen Cassedy and Yermiyahu Taub’s translation of Blume Lempel’s story “The Debt.”
Sep 28, 2017