Intermediate IV Yiddish (Monday)

Class starts Feb 26 11:00am-12:30pm

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: Vera Szabó

Who should take this course?
This course is appropriate for those who have completed Intermediate III Yiddish or equivalent coursework.

What topics will this class cover?
This class is for students interested in further improving their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. We will begin with Unit 17 of Volume II of Yiddish: An Introduction to Language, Literature and Culture by Sheva Zucker. Additional materials, primarily literary texts, will be provided by the instructor. Grammar topics will include dative constructions, possessive forms, relative clauses, indirect questions, 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)
College Yiddish: An Introduction to the Yiddish Language and to Jewish Life and Culture by Uriel Weinreich (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:

Yitskhok Niborski, Verterbukh fun loshn-koydesh-shtamike verter in yidish, Paris, 2012 (Purchase)
Bochner/Beinfeld, print version of Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary (Purchase)
Schaechter-Viswanath/Glasser, print version of Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary (Purchase)

Questions? Read our 2024 Spring Classes FAQ.

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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