Pedagogy

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

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

Feb 04, 2022

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.

Jan 21, 2022

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

Jan 18, 2022

This essay offers the first fruits of labo­ri­ous research in Grade’s papers, which were were joint­ly acquired by the Nation­al Library of Israel and YIVO Insti­tute for Jew­ish Research in New York in 2013.

Dec 15, 2021

Sha­har Fineberg describes the chal­lenges and out­comes of host­ing a radio work­shop at a Yid­dish sum­mer program.

Nov 09, 2021

Cameron Bern­stein inter­views direc­tor Jake Krakovsky about his bilin­gual Yid­dish-Eng­lish pup­pet film ​“Labzik: Tales of a Clever Pup” based on short sto­ries by Chaver Paver.

Nov 04, 2021

This teach­ing guide for Leon Kobrin’s short sto­ry ​“Blessed is the True Judge” offers brain­storm­ing ideas, dis­cus­sion ques­tions, and essay prompts for high school and col­lege class rooms. 

Oct 28, 2021

In this piece Han­nah Pollin-Galay reflects on the pos­si­bil­i­ties and lim­i­ta­tions of teach­ing race through Yid­dish lit­er­a­ture at an Israeli university.

Jun 25, 2021

In this piece Sonia Kramer and Aline Sil­veira describe their work with the Rio-de-Janeiro-based group Viv­er com Yid­dish which runs suc­cess­ful Yid­dish lan­guage and cul­ture work­shops for children.

Jun 21, 2021