Pedagogy
Reflections on the teaching and learning of Yiddish, as well as downloadable guides, exercises, and lesson plans to use in the classroom.
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
Pedagogy
לויט די לערערס | Teachers Weigh In: Intermediate Yiddish
Jessica Kirzane
Yiddish language instructors share their thoughts about teaching Intermediate Yiddish.
Sep 14, 2017
Pedagogy
Invitation to Participate: The Person Teaching with Yiddish
The Editors
Calling all teachers! Participate in our pedagogy poll.
Sep 14, 2017
Pedagogy
Resources in Yiddish Studies: The Holocaust
Zachary M. Baker
This online bibliographical series devoted to research resources in Yiddish Studies focuses on the Holocaust.
Jun 20, 2017
Pedagogy
Resources in Yiddish Studies: Bibliographies of Imprints (by country or region); The Yiddish Press
Zachary M. Baker
This online bibliographical series devoted to research resources in Yiddish Studies focuses on surveys of the publishing output of specific countries or regions.
Jun 12, 2017