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 Yiddish to Students with Dyslexia: A Working Document
A working document of ideas, understandings, and tips.
Dec 16, 2024
Pedagogy
The reflexive (z)ikh: On learning Yiddish as a linguist
My background in linguistics has been a tremendous boon to me as a learner.
Nov 18, 2024
Pedagogy
Introducing YiDraCor: a TEI-Encoded Corpus of Yiddish Drama
On Sunday, October 29th, DraCor released its Yiddish corpus (YiDraCor), making these Yiddish plays highly machine readable and ready out-of-the-box for computational literary study.
Oct 22, 2024
Pedagogy
Learning Yiddish through Illustrating Itsik Manger's Megile lider: The Active Mind and Creative Process as a Textual Learning Aid Via Visual Art
Oct 01, 2024
Pedagogy
Our Summer of Tkhines
Reflections of a rabbi and a Yiddish teacher who shared their respective areas of expertise to collaboratively teach tkhines .
Sep 29, 2024
Pedagogy
The Sung, Spoken and Written Yiddish Word: Student Projects from the 2024 Steiner Summer Yiddish Program’s Intermediate Class
Students represent their voices, viewpoints and Yiddishes, through their final projects.
Aug 27, 2024
Pedagogy
Reading Yiddish in Braille
I went to Google, and typed in Yiddish Braille. Hebrew Braille had been used since the mid-twentieth century, so there had to be Braille for Yiddish, right?
Jun 21, 2024
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Using Yiddish in Working with Older Adults: A Conversation
A conversation about the rewards and challenges of using Yiddish with older adults.
May 05, 2024
Pedagogy
Fishl's Yiddish Group: An Interview with Assia Azenkot
Sarah Biskowitz interviews Assia Azenkot about Fishl’s Yiddish Group.
Mar 31, 2024