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

Viver com Yiddish/Lebn far yidish: Song and Story Workshops for Children in a Brazilian School

In this piece Sonia Kramer and Aline Sil­veira describe their work with the Rio-de-Janeiro-based group Viv­er com Yid­dish which runs suc­cess­ful Yid­dish lan­guage and cul­ture work­shops for children.

Pedagogy

לויט די לערערס | Teachers Weigh In: Yiddish in Holocaust Courses?

Instruc­tors share their thoughts on teach­ing with Yid­dish in Holo­caust Stud­ies contexts. 

Pedagogy

Teaching Morris Rosenfeld’s “Mayn rue plats”

Using Mor­ris Rosen­feld’s song text to teach lit­er­ary Yid­dish and Yid­dish orthography. 

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