'Der Oytser fun der Yidisher Shprakh' by Nokhem Stutshkov: Navigating the Thesaurus of Yiddish

Tuition: $480 | YIVO members: $375**
Students: $240 (Must register with valid university email address)

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.

Instructor: Dovid Braun

Course Description:
In this course, students who engage actively with spoken and / or written Yiddish will explore the monumental lexicological work by Nokhem Stutshkov, published by YIVO in 1950. We will discuss its scope, its organization, its sources, its historical background and importance, and its utility for the seeker of the Yiddish word. This work, edited by YIVO founder Max Weinreich, is a treasure trove of Yiddish and general Jewish lore, learning, and life – attributes not typically associated with reference works.

Who should take this course?
This course will be conducted exclusively in Yiddish, so enrollees must have done Advanced or higher Intermediate coursework in the language or have equivalent Yiddish background.

Course Materials:
Access to the book is required for class participation. It may be purchased from YIVO (Purchase) or can be accessed online here.

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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