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 Yoysef Kerler’s “Old Fashioned” and “The Sea” (trans. Evrona)
Jessica Kirzane
The second in a series of teaching guides, this one for Maia Evrona’s translation of Yoysef Kerler’s poems “Old Fashioned” and “The Sea” (1979).
Jan 17, 2017
Pedagogy
Yiddish in ale lender! Yiddish Summer Programs Roundup 2017
Jessica Kirzane
A short description of the many Yiddish language and culture summer programs on offer for 2017.
Jan 08, 2017
Pedagogy
לויט די לערערס | Teachers Weigh In: Teaching Texts in Translation
Jessica Kirzane
Instructors share their thoughts on teaching Yiddish texts in translation.
Nov 28, 2016
Pedagogy
Integrating Yiddish Materials in a Jewish Day School Environment
Jessica Kirzane
A discussion of how Feygi Zylberman, a middle school History and Jewish Studies teacher at a Progressive Jewish community day school in Melbourne, Australia, employs Yiddish in her classroom, with a worksheet to use alongside the divorce scene in the film Hester Street (1975).
Nov 14, 2016
Pedagogy
Teaching Guide for Dik's "Slavery or Serfdom" (trans. Rosenblatt)
Jessica Kirzane
The first in a series of teaching guides, this one for Eli Rosenblatt’s translation of Isaac Meir Dik’s introduction to his 1868 adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852).
Oct 25, 2016
Pedagogy
Resources in Yiddish Studies: Digital Collections
Zachary M. Baker
This online bibliographical series devoted to research resources in Yiddish Studies focuses on digital collections in Yiddish Studies.
Oct 18, 2016
Pedagogy
Invitation to Participate: How Do You Teach With Translated Texts from Yiddish?
The Editors
Do you teach using translated texts from Yiddish sources? Tell us about it.
Oct 04, 2016
Pedagogy
Who am I and Why am I Here? A Note from the Pedagogy Editor
Jessica Kirzane
A note from the new Pedagogy Editor about our plans for the Pedagogy section of In geveb for the coming year.
Sep 11, 2016
Pedagogy
Resources in Yiddish Studies: "Meta"-resources
Zachary M. Baker
This online bibliographical series devoted to research resources in Yiddish Studies focuses on “Meta”-resources – bibliographies, web gateways, online scholarship, indexes, library and archival resources, encyclopedias.
Sep 05, 2016