Intermediate I Yiddish
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Tuition: $350 YIVO members: $275** Students: $175 (Must register with valid university email address) |
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Instructor: Dovid Braun
Who should take this course?
This course is for students who have previously taken four semesters of Yiddish.
Intermediate I Yiddish is the right class for students who took Advanced Intermediate Yiddish in fall 2020, and did not take a winter intensive Yiddish course in January 2021.
What topics will this class cover?
The class will enhance skills in speaking, reading, writing, and listening.
Course Materials:
This course will use the textbook College Yiddish: An Introduction to the Yiddish Language and to Jewish Life and Culture by Uriel Weinreich. (Email info@yivo.org to purchase a copy)
Dovid (David) Braun has taught all levels of Yiddish language at YIVO's intensive summer program since 1990 at Columbia University and New York University. He initiated and taught in the intensive summer programs of the Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, MA) and Jewish Historical Institute (Warsaw, Poland). He has taught Yiddish language, Yiddish linguistics, and/or general linguistics as a faculty member of Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and he regularly participates in varied research projects involving Yiddish language and culture. He serves as co-president of the Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center (Bronx, NY) which is now the only NYC area venue where public Yiddish cultural events are held on a regular basis.
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