Winter Yiddish Intensive: Advanced

10 sessions: January 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 Tuition: $325 YIVO members: $250** Students: $150 (Must register with valid university email address)

Instructor: Dovid Braun

An intensive winter course of Yiddish for those seeking exposure and instruction beyond the basics. Broadening of vocabulary, understanding of grammar, spelling, usage, dialect, and cultural background. This course is for advanced learners of Yiddish, both heritage speakers and those with formal study in their background. Topics will reflect the needs of the participants.

Dovid (David) Braun has taught all levels of Yiddish language at YIVO's intensive summer program since 1990 at Columbia University and New York University. He initiated and taught in the intensive summer programs of the Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, MA) and Jewish Historical Institute (Warsaw, Poland). He has taught Yiddish language, Yiddish linguistics, and/or general linguistics as a faculty member of Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and he regularly participates in varied research projects involving Yiddish language and culture. He serves as co-president of the Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center (Bronx, NY) which is now the only NYC area venue where public Yiddish cultural events are held on a regular basis.

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