Intensive Advanced I&II Yiddish

Tuition: $850 | YIVO members: $675**
Students: $425 (Must register with valid university email address)

This is a live, online course held twice 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: Vera Szabó

Who should take this course?
This course is appropriate for those who took Intensive Intermediate III&IV Yiddish in fall 2022.

What topics will this class cover?
In this class students will review, deepen, and strengthen their knowledge of basic Yiddish grammar as well as acquire more complex grammatical structures through various oral and written exercises, reading, listening, speaking, and writing on a variety of topics. Class will begin with Unit 15 of Volume II of Yiddish: An Introduction to Language, Literature and Culture by Sheva Zucker. We will also read folktales, stories, poetry, and songs. Grammar topics will include the present participle, past participle used as an adjective, the passive voice, relative clauses, and more.

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

Course Materials:

• Yiddish: An Introduction to the Language, Literature & Culture, Volume II by Sheva Zucker (Purchase)
• The audio accompanying the textbook (Purchase directly from Sheva Zucker)
• Yidish af yidish by David Goldberg (Yale University Press, 1996) (Purchase)

• Bochner/Beinfeld, Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary (verterbukh.org)
• Schaechter-Viswanath/Glasser, Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary (englishyiddishdictionary.com)
• Additional print and audio material will be provided by the instructor (students will have free digital access).

Recommended:

• Verterbukh fun loshn-koydesh-shtamike verter in yidish, by Yitskhok Niborski (Purchase)
• It is highly recommended to purchase the print version of both Comprehensive Dictionaries.

Vera Szabó was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary. She holds an M.A. in Yiddish Studies from Columbia University as well as an M.A. in English and German Studies from ELTE University, Budapest.

She has taught Yiddish language, literature and folklore at various universities in the US (University of Michigan, Stanford, the University of Washington) and in Israel (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) as well as in various intensive summer programs (NYU/YIVO, Vilna, and Tel Aviv University). She currently teaches various levels of Yiddish at Beth Shalom Aleichem.

Vera also translates literary and non-literary texts from Yiddish and Hungarian into English. Her research interest is Yiddish folklore. A certified yoga teacher, Vera has been teaching yoga in Yiddish for the past five years in Jerusalem, where she resides. More information on her website: www.verele.com

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