Pedagogy
Reflections on the teaching and learning of Yiddish, as well as downloadable guides, exercises, and lesson plans to use in the classroom.
Pedagogy
Yiddish Immersion in the Hills of Worcestershire: Yiddish Sof Vokh UK
Since 2022, the Yiddish Sof-Vokh UK has offered Yiddish speakers the chance to spend a weekend entirely immersed in mame-loshn. Two of the event’s organizers discuss the immersive Yiddish weekend.
Jan 30, 2025
Pedagogy
The Voices of Yiddish Writers: A Bilingual Conversation on the new Bilingual Edition of Sheva Zucker's Collection of Printed and Recorded Yiddish Writing, The Golden Peacock
Miriam Isaacs and Sheva Zucker discuss Zuker’s project, The Golden Peacock: The Voice of the Yiddish Writer Bilingual, a book and recording featuring twelve Yiddish writers reading from their poetry and prose, accompanied by an English translation of each work.
Dec 13, 2022
Pedagogy
Roundup of Universities Teaching Yiddish Across the World
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
Pedagogy
Yiddish Film Activities for the Language Classroom: Teaching with Mamele
Using a short scene from the 1938 film Mamele (dir. Joseph Green, Konrad Tom), Rebecca Margolis demonstrates how short excerpts of Yiddish films can be used to address specific aspects of Yiddish dialect, grammar and idiom, and translation in the Yiddish language classroom.
Sep 24, 2018