Intermediate II Yiddish (Monday)

Class starts Sep 9 4:30pm-6:00pm

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: Nina Warnke

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

What topics will this class cover?
This course will further develop speaking, writing, reading, and listening comprehension in Yiddish. Students build on the skills developed in the two volumes of In eynem and will be introduced to adjectives in the comparative and superlative, adverbial phrases, conditional sentences, present participles, complemented verbs with zikh, and more. These grammatical topics correspond to Units 12, 14, and 15 of Sheva Zucker’s Yiddish: An Introduction to the Language, Literature & Culture, Volume II. The textbook will be supplemented with additional grammar exercises and with songs, poems, excerpts from longer literary texts, and holiday materials.

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).
Bochner/Beinfeld, Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary (verterbukh.org) or the print version.
Schaechter-Viswanath/Glasser, Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary (englishyiddishdictionary.com) or the print version.

Additional print and audio material will be provided by the instructor.

Questions? Read our 2024 Fall Classes FAQ.

Nina Warnke grew up in Germany, where she started to learn Yiddish before studying in the Oxford Summer Program and receiving her Ph.D. in Yiddish Studies from Columbia University. During that time she directed the YIVO zumer program for a few years. Since then Nina has taught Yiddish language, literature and culture at Indiana University, the University of Texas at Austin and Vanderbilt University, as well at Gratz College, YIVO, and the Workers Circle. She has researched and written extensively about the Yiddish theater. Nina is also the lead editor of the Rebecca Gratz Digital Archive at Gratz College and is working as a translator of Yiddish and German texts.

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