“Loyt di lerers”

We want to learn from you about how teachers of Yiddish Studies approach (or avoid) teaching about Zionism and anti-Zionism in their classes, be it in its historical or contemporary manifestations.

Feb 10, 2022

Marianne Tatom polled Yiddish teachers outside the university classroom about their teaching strategies and experiences teaching online during a pandemic.

Feb 03, 2021

The latest in our series of polls for teachers of Yiddish. This time, we want to learn how you modify your teaching for different settings — classroom format, class frequency, student composition, and so on. Please take the poll and share widely!

Apr 20, 2020

How and when do our readers teach khurbn materials in their Yiddish language classes? We've assembled responses to this poll in our loyt di lerers series.

Feb 23, 2020

The latest in our series in which we poll Yiddish studies instructors about a topic related to their teaching. This time, we want to know whether and how you introduce the topic of the Holocaust in your Yiddish language instruction.

Oct 15, 2019

Apr 28, 2019

A conversation between language instructors who teach and think about online courses, answering a series of questions that we posed in order to reflect on the state of online Yiddish language learning. 

Dec 12, 2018

Apr 26, 2018

Instructors share their thoughts on teaching with Sholem Aleichem.

Apr 03, 2018

Instructors share their thoughts on sharing about their personal lives and commitments while teaching Yiddish language or culture.

Jan 15, 2018

Calling all teachers! Participate in our pedagogy poll.

Nov 06, 2017

Yiddish language instructors share their thoughts about teaching Intermediate Yiddish. 

Sep 14, 2017

Calling all teachers! Participate in our pedagogy poll. 

Sep 14, 2017

Calling all teachers of Intermediate Yiddish! Participate in our pedagogy poll.

Jun 06, 2017

Participants and facilitators share their thoughts on Yiddish clubs and reading groups. 

May 22, 2017

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

Apr 03, 2017

Do you teach courses related to the Holocaust? What role does Yiddish have in those courses? Let us know in this survey.

Feb 21, 2017

Instructors share their thoughts on teaching Yiddish texts in translation. 

Nov 28, 2016

Do you teach using translated texts from Yiddish sources? Tell us about it. 

Oct 04, 2016

Yiddish language instructors share their plans for the first day of class. 

Aug 23, 2016

The second installment of our pedagogy forum, presenting the opinions and experiences of Yiddish language teachers on the question of using the textbook College Yiddish. 

Sep 27, 2015

In an effort to pool the wisdom and questions acquired from our work in the classroom, In geveb regularly polls Yiddish language instructors on topics related to Yiddish pedagogy. In this installment: what textbook do you use with beginning students? 

Aug 10, 2015