Beginner II Yiddish (Tuesday)
Tuition: $480 | YIVO members: $375**
Students: $240 (Must register with valid university email address)
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This is a live, online course held weekly on Zoom. Enrollment will be capped at about 15 students. All course details (Zoom link, syllabus, handouts, assignments, etc.) will be posted to Canvas. Students will be granted access to the class on Canvas after registering for the class here on the YIVO website. This class will be conducted in Yiddish and English.
Instructor: Vera Szabó
Who should take this course?
This course is appropriate for those who took Beginner I Yiddish in fall 2022.
What topics will this class cover?
This course will enhance skills in listening, speaking, writing, and reading Yiddish. Topics will include the classroom, family, physical appearance, professions, Purim, and Passover. Grammar study will focus on negation, imperative, verbs with separable prefixes, the past tense, and more. Songs, poems, folktales, and other literary texts will enhance the course of study. After a brief review of grammar and vocabulary of Beginner I Yiddish, we will start with Chapter 5 of In Eynem.
Is knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet required?
Yes, knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet is required.
Course Materials:
- In eynem: The New Yiddish Textbook, Vol I & II by Asya Vaisman Schulman, Jordan Brown, and Mikhl Yashinsky (Purchase)
- College Yiddish: An Introduction to the Yiddish Language and to Jewish Life and Culture by Uriel Weinreich (Purchase)
Additional course materials will be provided by the instructor digitally on Canvas.
Vera Szabó was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary. She holds an M.A. in Yiddish Studies from Columbia University as well as an M.A. in English and German Studies from ELTE University, Budapest.
She has taught Yiddish language, literature and folklore at various universities in the US (University of Michigan, Stanford, the University of Washington) and in Israel (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) as well as in various intensive summer programs (NYU/YIVO, Vilna, and Tel Aviv University.) She currently teaches various levels of Yiddish at Beth Shalom Aleichem.
Vera also translates literary and non-literary texts from Yiddish and Hungarian into English. Her research interest is Yiddish folklore. A certified yoga teacher, Vera has been teaching yoga in Yiddish for the past five years in Jerusalem, where she resides. More information on her website: www.verele.com
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