Pedagogy

A bilingual blog post on how the debate over the orthography of the Yiddish language is reflected in a textbook published by the Yidisher Kultur-Farband (henceforth IKUF) in Buenos Aires in 1958 and in several issues of Shul-Heftn, published by the same organization in the 1950s.

Jun 18, 2025

This article summarizes the findings of a poll of three-hundred students who study Yiddish with Duolingo.

Nov 17, 2022

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.

Nov 15, 2022

In this piece Giovanna Truong discusses her creative process of illustrating Ya’akov Fichmann’s short story Shabes in vald for a final assignment in an intermediate Yiddish language class.

Nov 07, 2022

On February 24, 2022, Russian troops began bombing Yakovleva’s Ukrainian, Russian-speaking hometown, Kharkiv. Nevertheless, she continued teaching Yiddish in Morbegno, Italy.

May 06, 2022

If you are an instructor of Yiddish Studies who has assigned unessay projects, we want to hear from you.

Apr 15, 2022

This article introduces and provides a textbook supplement on queer family vocabulary.

Apr 05, 2022

Rochelle Sibley writes about teaching Yiddish literature in translation at a university in the UK.

Mar 24, 2022

A report from a roundtable with instructors of Jewish languages on the current role of critical identities in our pedagogies.

Mar 22, 2022

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

Nov 09, 2021