Intermediate Yiddish

Class starts Feb 20 6:00pm-8:00pm

To do our part to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus, YIVO is temporarily closed until further notice. All of our current Yiddish and History and Culture courses are taking place online for the rest of the season. Please email info@yivo.org with any questions or concerns.

10 sessions, Thursdays:
February 20, 27; March 5, 12, 19, 26; April 2, 23, 30; May 7

Tuition: $325
YIVO members: $250**
Students: $150 (Must register with valid university email address)

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Instructor: Dovid Braun

This course is for students who are comfortable with the alef-beys and basic conversation, and will enhance skills in speaking, reading, writing, and listening.

Course Materials:
This course will use the textbook College Yiddish: An Introduction to the Yiddish Language and to Jewish Life and Culture, by Uriel Weinreich. The book will be available for purchase on the first day of class.


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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