“Yiddish Courses”

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

May 12, 2023

At the 2022 Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) conference this fall, a group of Yiddish instructors came together to discuss the particular challenges of teaching Yiddish language during the war in Ukraine.

Jan 18, 2023

I’ve always dreamed of teaching Yiddish in person in Berlin. When the exhausting lockdown in Berlin finally came to an end, I started to work on realizing my dream.

Jan 21, 2022

Borodulin’s acceptance speech for the 2019 Adrienne Cooper Dreaming in Yiddish Prize, in which he outlines how he came to find a passion for Yiddish language instruction. 

Feb 03, 2020

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

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

Jan 15, 2018

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

Jun 06, 2017

The third in a series of reflections on Yiddish pedagogy in the digital age. Here, Sunny Yudkoff discusses her use of radio broadcasts in her Yiddish courses. 

Apr 19, 2017

The fourth in a series of reflections on Yiddish pedagogy in the digital age. Here, Paula Teitlebaum discusses the way that digital technology has shaped her teaching.

Apr 18, 2017

The second in a series of reflections on Yiddish pedagogy in the digital age. Here, Nikolai Borodulin reflects on the challenges and rewards of teaching Yiddish courses online. 

Apr 07, 2017

The first in a series of reflections on Yiddish pedagogy in the digital age. 

Mar 27, 2017

Jenna Ingalls, the “first gentile instructor of Yiddish at UC Berkeley," reflects on Jewish (and non-Jewish) identity in the Yiddish classroom. 

Dec 08, 2015

In geveb is sharing a series of games for use in Yiddish language classes.

Nov 01, 2015

Attracting students to Yiddish language courses is often a challenge; here's an example of one teacher's Yiddish ad campaign. 

Oct 14, 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