Beginner IV Yiddish (Sunday Morning)

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 and English.

Instructor: Philip Schwartz

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

What topics will this class cover?
Building upon prior skills, this course will further develop speaking, writing, reading, and listening comprehension in Yiddish. In addition to reading texts of historic and living Yiddish culture from around the world, students will listen to songs and recorded dialogues. After reviewing some material from earlier chapters, the class will primarily cover chapters 20 to 22 of In eynem: The New Yiddish Textbook. At the end of the course, we will revisit some grammatical topics, such as the use of cases, prepositions, and the past and future tense. The teacher will also provide supplemental material on folk songs and excerpts from Yiddish literature.

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

Course Materials:
This course will use the textbook In eynem: The New Yiddish Textbook, Vol I & II by Asya Vaisman Schulman, Jordan Brown, Mikhl Yashinsky (Purchase). The instructor will provide any additional course materials digitally throughout the class on Canvas.

Philip Schwartz is a student of Yiddish literature and holds an MA degree in Jewish Studies from the University of Wrocław, Poland. His areas of specialization are neo-Hasidic literature and Soviet Yiddish culture. Before specializing in Yiddish language and literature, he studied Slavic linguistics, Eastern European history, as well as genocide and Holocaust studies. He is now working on a doctoral dissertation at the Polish Academy of Sciences and occasionally writes for the Forverts.

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