Pedagogy
Reflections on the teaching and learning of Yiddish, as well as downloadable guides, exercises, and lesson plans to use in the classroom.
Pedagogy
The Comet at the End of the World: An Online, Immersive, Conversational Lesson Plan about “Current Events” Using Digitized Yiddish Press Materials
Ri Turner shares the materials from a session for intermediate students over Zoon on astronomy reportage in the Yiddish press, which can serve as an example of how to identify digitized historical Yiddish materials around a particular theme, repackage them in a format that is accessible to intermediate students, and use them in an online teaching context to generate a conversation that is both historically rooted and contemporarily relevant.
Jun 06, 2022
Pedagogy
Resources for Teaching about Ukraine
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.
Feb 07, 2022