Yiddish for Advanced Students

This course is for those who already read and speak Yiddish fluently and want to deepen their knowledge and learn some pitshevkes of the Yiddish structures, its history, and dialects. We will look in detail into Yiddish prose and poetry texts, use films and songs for inspiration and thus learn what we can about the language and the modern Yiddish culture in the first half of the 20th century.

Teacher: Daria Vakhrushova, having encountered Yiddish more or less accidentally, was fascinated and moved to Germany for MA Yiddish studies. She is currently working on her PhD thesis devoted to the modern Yiddish culture. She is also engaged in teaching Yiddish and enjoys both sharing her knowledge and learning from her students while communicating in Yiddish.

When: Starts Tuesday, June 30, 10 a.m. PDT, 1 p.m EDT, 6 p.m. in the U.K., 7 p.m. in most of Europe, 8 p.m. in Israel