Pedagogy

Reflections on the teaching and learning of Yiddish, as well as downloadable guides, exercises, and lesson plans to use in the classroom.

Pedagogy

Let's not wait!: Introducing preschoolers to Yiddish through Leah Hoffman's Alefbeys

In this piece Beth Dwoskin explains how Leah Hoff­man’s play about the Yid­dish alpha­bet can be adapt­ed for chil­dren’s class­es today. She presents her Eng­lish trans­la­tion of the play along­side a record­ing of the alef­beys song in English.

Pedagogy

Labzik Assembled! Bringing Radical 1930s Yiddish Children’s Literature to the Virtual Stage

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.

Pedagogy

Loyt di kinderlekh: Children's Book Reports

Sev­er­al of In geve­b’s youngest read­ers were hard at work over win­ter break and sub­mit­ted won­der­ful book reports on Yid­dish literature. 

Pedagogy

Calling all kinderlekh: In geveb is seeking children's book reports!

Chil­dren ages 5 — 13 can read a Yid­dish sto­ry in the trans­la­tion or orig­i­nal and sub­mit a book report to In Geveb.

Pedagogy

Teaching Guide to Jacob Glatstein’s Anti-Fascist Poem “Goblin Nogood Has Run Out of Clout” (trans. Shandler)

Mark I. West offers sug­ges­tions for teach­ing Jacob Glat­stein’s 1943 Anti-Fas­cist chil­dren’s poem.

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