Intensive Intermediate I&II Yiddish
Tuition: $850 | YIVO members: $680**
Students: $425 (Must register with valid university email address)
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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, with English as needed.
Instructor: Vera Szabó
Who should take this course?
This course is for those who have previously taken four semesters of Yiddish. It is appropriate for those who took Intensive Beginner III&IV Yiddish in fall 2021.
What topics will this class cover?
This course will enhance skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Yiddish. After a brief review of basic grammatical structures this course will begin with Chapter 20 of In eynem: The New Yiddish Textbook by Asya Vaisman Schulman, Jordan Brown, Mikhl Yashinsky. Additional material will be provided by the instructor. Topics will include the seasons and the weather, the Jewish calendar, modes of transportation, Passover, and Yiddish folktales.
Course Materials:
- This course will use the textbook In eynem: The New Yiddish Textbook, Vol I & II by Asya Vaisman Schulman, Jordan Brown, Mikhl Yashinsky (Purchase).
- This course will also use the textbook College Yiddish: An Introduction to the Yiddish Language and to Jewish Life and Culture by Uriel Weinreich. (Email info@yivo.org to purchase a copy.)
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 the advanced Yiddish course at Tel Aviv University and various levels 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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