Pedagogy

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

In this piece, Sarah Biskowitz and Hannah Mills present the answers to a survey gathering information on Yiddish courses offered at universities across the world.

Jun 14, 2021

Despite the pandemic, Yiddish culture flourished online. Tanya Yakovleva describes her role as an online Yiddish teacher during this time.

May 06, 2021

A teaching guide for Kadya Molodovsky’s A Jewish Refugee in New York (trans. Anita Norich) in the context of refugee literatures.

Apr 05, 2021

The authors describe an exercise in which they translate and re-translate the same text into different formats.

Mar 30, 2021

A round up of three student “reports from the field” from the fall and winter semester 2020 showcasing the value of engaging beyond the classroom.

Mar 22, 2021