Pedagogy

Yid­dish is once again being taught at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ams­ter­dam after an eight-year hiatus.

May 12, 2023

In this arti­cle Olive Ben­i­to-Myles and Nao­mi Piper-Pell reflect on their expe­ri­ence attend­ing the con­fer­ence ​“Di froyen” at the Yid­dish Book Center.

Feb 09, 2023

Lau­rie Fish­er, a Jew­ish Stud­ies pro­fes­sor who hap­pens to be a stu­dent of Yid­dish, reflects on her expe­ri­ences as some­one who came to learn­ing Yid­dish lat­er in life.

Jan 24, 2023

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

Nov 17, 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

As a final project in a course on ​“Read­ing Yid­dish” at Yale Uni­ver­si­ty, Gio­van­na Truong took on the chal­lenge of trans­lat­ing Aaron Meisel’s ​“The Death of Ted Dennis.”

Oct 19, 2022

These projects demon­strate not only how clever and cre­ative stu­dents can be, but also the vari­ety of ways that stu­dents can express and dis­play their thought and learning.

Jul 13, 2022

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

Apr 15, 2022

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

Nov 09, 2021

A round up of three stu­dent ​“reports from the field” from the fall and win­ter semes­ter 2020 show­cas­ing the val­ue of engag­ing beyond the classroom. 

Mar 22, 2021