Intermediate Yiddish (Spring 2025)

Program Description

This intermediate Yiddish language course is based on a conversational, interactive and communicative approach to Yiddish. In it, we will focus on deepening our conversational and expressive skills in Yiddish, all the while deepening our grammatical to allow us to engage in authentic conversation in Yiddish. In addition, we will learn Yiddish songs, read short stories and poems, watch Yiddish films, clips, interviews and more! this Term, we will be reading texts by Yiddish authors Kadia Molodowsky, Avrom Reyzen and Y.L. Peretz. ***New Students*** New students who have some familiarity with speaking, reading, and writing Yiddish are welcome to join our intermediate class! If you have questions, contact the instructor at imanoff@peretz-centre.org ***Schedule & Fees*** This course includes 10 in-person classes on Thursdays (7-8:30pm) from February 6th to April 24th. (No class on Feb. 20th or Mar. 6th) The standard fee for Intermediate Yiddish is $250, with payment plans available to address financial access barriers. To set up a payment plan, select the "payment plan deposit" ($25) option during registration and Peretz staff will reach out to finalize the details. ***Instructor Bio*** Itamar Manoff (he/him) is co-executive director of the Peretz Centre. A PhD candidate in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, his research focuses on language education research. Itamar has over 15 years of experience in language teaching for adults, including Hebrew, English and Yiddish, and teaches Yiddish at the Peretz Centre and a the Centre for Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies at the University of British Columbia. In his teaching, Itamar focuses on conversational, communicative and theme-based approaches to the teaching of Yiddish language and culture, all the while emphasizing the importance of grammar and vocabulary acquisition. Image: Es kam das Feuer by El Lissitzky, from the portfolio Chad Gadja, Kiev 1919; Jewish Museum Berlin