Pedagogy

Reflections on the teaching and learning of Yiddish, as well as downloadable guides, exercises, and lesson plans to use in the classroom.

Pedagogy

Lernen yidish far sholem: Teaching Yiddish in a Secular Jewish School

Erin Fai­gin dis­cuss­es the role of Yid­dish lan­guage instruc­tion in the cur­ricu­lum of the Sholem Com­mu­ni­ty, a sup­ple­men­tal sec­u­lar Jew­ish school in Mari­na Del Ray, California. 

Pedagogy

Integrating Yiddish Materials in a Jewish Day School Environment

A dis­cus­sion of how Fey­gi Zyl­ber­man, a mid­dle school His­to­ry and Jew­ish Stud­ies teacher at a Pro­gres­sive Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty day school in Mel­bourne, Aus­tralia, employs Yid­dish in her class­room, with a work­sheet to use along­side the divorce scene in the film Hes­ter Street (1975).

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