Marianne Tatom teaches online Yiddish classes through the Workers Circle, Congregation Beth Shalom (Seattle), the Northern California Workers Circle, and the Edlavitch JCC (Washington, DC). In 2024 she received the Certificate of Yiddish Pedagogy from the Yiddish Book Center, the culmination of an intensive period of Yiddish pedagogical study. Marianne has a PhD in music theory and is a freelance editor and clarinetist (klezmer and other folk music). Marianne lives in Seattle with her miniature long-haired dachshund, Mendel, who frequently appears in her classes.
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