Pedagogy

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

Pedagogy

The Yudika Variations: Translating b'Chevrusa

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

Pedagogy

On Literary Translation

Adri­ana X. Jacobs on her com­mit­ment to lit­er­ary translation.

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.

Pedagogy

Teaching Guide to Erotic Yiddish Poetry

This teach­ing guide offers sug­ges­tions and reflec­tions from sev­er­al schol­ars about teach­ing erot­ic Yid­dish poetry.

Pedagogy

Teaching Guide for Leyzer Volf's Evigingo (trans. Finkin)

Jor­dan Finkin offers resources and ideas for teach­ing this unusu­al poem. 

Pedagogy

Teaching Guide for Yoysef Kerler’s “Old Fashioned” and “The Sea” (trans. Evrona)

The sec­ond in a series of teach­ing guides, this one for Maia Evron­a’s trans­la­tion of Yoy­sef Ker­ler’s poems Old Fash­ioned” and The Sea” (1979).

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