Pedagogy

Yid­dish researchers are train­ing Tran­skribus, a cut­ting-edge dig­i­tal plat­form for the tran­scrip­tion, auto­mat­ic text detec­tion, and enrich­ment of hand­writ­ten archival doc­u­ments, to deci­pher Yid­dish-lan­guage hand­writ­ing, which will facil­i­tate and boost research into hid­den trea­sure troves, rich in Jew­ish cul­tur­al heritage.

Feb 07, 2022

This essay is a com­pan­ion piece to my arti­cle, ​“Frei­dus, Borokhov, and the Café Roy­al.” Bak­er explains the research meth­ods behind the arti­cle, assess­ing the rewards and pit­falls of research­ing using exclu­sive­ly on what is avail­able online and the resources he has in his home, dur­ing the coro­n­avirus pandemic.

Mar 04, 2021

The pur­pose of this doc­u­ment is to fill some of the gaps in the YIVO sys­tem of translit­er­a­tion for bibliographies. 

Jul 02, 2019

This online bib­li­o­graph­i­cal series devot­ed to research resources in Yid­dish Stud­ies focus­es on Yid­dish lit­er­a­ture and culture. 

May 08, 2017

This online bib­li­o­graph­i­cal series devot­ed to research resources in Yid­dish Stud­ies focus­es on dig­i­tal col­lec­tions in Yid­dish Studies. 

Oct 18, 2016

This online bib­li­o­graph­i­cal series devot­ed to research resources in Yid­dish Stud­ies focus­es on ​“Meta”-resources – bib­li­ogra­phies, web gate­ways, online schol­ar­ship, index­es, library and archival resources, encyclopedias. 

Sep 05, 2016