Pedagogy
Reflections on the teaching and learning of Yiddish, as well as downloadable guides, exercises, and lesson plans to use in the classroom.
Pedagogy
Introducing YiDraCor: a TEI-Encoded Corpus of Yiddish Drama
On Sunday, October 29th, DraCor released its Yiddish corpus (YiDraCor), making these Yiddish plays highly machine readable and ready out-of-the-box for computational literary study.
Oct 22, 2024
Pedagogy
Learning Yiddish through Illustrating Itsik Manger's Megile lider: The Active Mind and Creative Process as a Textual Learning Aid Via Visual Art
Oct 01, 2024
Pedagogy
Our Summer of Tkhines
Reflections of a rabbi and a Yiddish teacher who shared their respective areas of expertise to collaboratively teach tkhines .
Sep 29, 2024
Pedagogy
The Sung, Spoken and Written Yiddish Word: Student Projects from the 2024 Steiner Summer Yiddish Program’s Intermediate Class
Students represent their voices, viewpoints and Yiddishes, through their final projects.
Aug 27, 2024
Pedagogy
Reading Yiddish in Braille
I went to Google, and typed in Yiddish Braille. Hebrew Braille had been used since the mid-twentieth century, so there had to be Braille for Yiddish, right?
Jun 21, 2024
Pedagogy
Using Yiddish in Working with Older Adults: A Conversation
A conversation about the rewards and challenges of using Yiddish with older adults.
May 05, 2024
Pedagogy
Fishl's Yiddish Group: An Interview with Assia Azenkot
Sarah Biskowitz interviews Assia Azenkot about Fishl’s Yiddish Group.
Mar 31, 2024
Pedagogy
“There is always more to explore here”: A New International MA Program in Eastern European Jewish Studies at the University of Wrocław – Taught in English
This fall, the Taube Department of Jewish Studies at Wroclaw University is opening its doors to international students who don’t know Polish thanks to its International MA Program in Eastern European Jewish Studies, taught entirely in English.
Mar 28, 2024
Pedagogy
Writings of Destruction and Reconstruction in the Polish-Jewish Diaspora: The Case of Yankev (Jacob) Pat, Yiddish Author, Educator and Activist
This article serves as a biographical and bibliographical reference text to introduce readers to Yankev (Jacob) Pat’s life and career, with a focus on the early postwar years.
Mar 19, 2024