Pedagogy

Reflections on the teaching and learning of Yiddish, as well as downloadable guides, exercises, and lesson plans to use in the classroom.

Pedagogy

Undzer Mishpokhe: A Queer Yiddish Curriculum Supplement

This arti­cle intro­duces and pro­vides a text­book sup­ple­ment on queer fam­i­ly vocabulary.

Pedagogy

Beyond the Shtetl: Teaching Yiddish Literature in the UK

Rochelle Sib­ley writes about teach­ing Yid­dish lit­er­a­ture in trans­la­tion at a uni­ver­si­ty in the UK.

Pedagogy

Critical Language Pedagogy: A Report from an AJS Roundtable

A report from a round­table with instruc­tors of Jew­ish lan­guages on the cur­rent role of crit­i­cal iden­ti­ties in our pedagogies. 

Pedagogy

Resources for Teaching about Ukraine

This lis­ti­cle pro­vides teach­ers with ideas for texts and music they may want to share with their stu­dents dur­ing the Russ­ian war in Ukraine.

Pedagogy

Invitation to Participate: Teaching about Zionism and anti-Zionism in Yiddish Classes

We want to learn from you about how teach­ers of Yid­dish Stud­ies approach (or avoid) teach­ing about Zion­ism and anti-Zion­ism in their class­es, be it in its his­tor­i­cal or con­tem­po­rary manifestations.

Pedagogy

The DYBBUK Model: A New Yiddish Handwriting Text Recognition Tool

Yid­dish researchers are train­ing Tran­skribus, a cut­ting-edge dig­i­tal plat­form for the tran­scrip­tion, auto­mat­ic text detec­tion, and enrich­ment of hand­writ­ten archival doc­u­ments, to deci­pher Yid­dish-lan­guage hand­writ­ing, which will facil­i­tate and boost research into hid­den trea­sure troves, rich in Jew­ish cul­tur­al heritage.

Pedagogy

Structure, Connection, and Real Joy: Studying Yiddish with Chronic Illness

In this essay Natasha Lip­man describes her jour­ney of study­ing Yid­dish while liv­ing with chron­ic illness.

Pedagogy

Notes on Teaching Yiddish in Berlin

I’ve always dreamed of teach­ing Yid­dish in per­son in Berlin. When the exhaust­ing lock­down in Berlin final­ly came to an end, I start­ed to work on real­iz­ing my dream.

Pedagogy

Invitation to Participate: Learning Yiddish on Duolingo

An invi­ta­tion for stu­dents learn­ing Yid­dish with Duolin­go to fill out a sur­vey about their moti­va­tions and expe­ri­ence with the learn­ing software.

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