Beginner II Yiddish (Sunday)

Class starts Feb 26 10:30am-12:00pm

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: Daniel Birnbaum

Who should take this course?
This course is for those who have previously taken one semester of Yiddish. It is appropriate for those who took Beginner I Yiddish in fall 2022.

What topics will this class cover?
In this course, students will continue to build on the skills acquired in Beginner I Yiddish. New grammar will include modal verbs, declension of adjectives, the past and future tense, and verbs with separable prefixes. In addition, we will build our vocabulary on a variety of topics.

Is knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet required?
Yes, knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet is required.

Course Materials:
This course will use the instructor's textbook, Yiddish fun onheyb, which will be provided electronically on Canvas.

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Daniel Birnbaum has been teaching Yiddish to students from Israel and around the world since 2007. Daniel holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Oberlin College an M.A. in Comparative Literature from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His M.A. thesis on S.Y. Abramovich (Mendele Mocher Sforim) under the guidance of Prof. Avrom Novershtern won an award of distinction in Yiddish scholarship. Daniel currently teaches classes at Tel Aviv University, Beth Sholem Aleychem and YIVO. Daniel has developed an original Yiddish textbook for first and second year students, as well as an online Yiddish curriculum. Over the years, he has connected with hundreds of students who seek an access point to Yiddish language and culture and he delights in providing an opening to the richness of that tradition for people from a variety of backgrounds.

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