Spring 2027

Second Semester Yiddish

Second Semester Yiddish introduces the language through speaking, listening, reading, and writing, emphasizing communication within cultural and historical contexts.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Sunny Yudkoff3.9/5

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Deploy Yiddish at the multi-sentence level in written and oral communications

  • Express opinions about authentic Yiddish texts, including contemporary newspaper articles and poetry selections from the twentieth century

  • Mobilize a vocabulary of 400+ Yiddish words, including those terms necessary to describe time, weather, calendrical units, literature (children’s books, poetry, and the history of Yiddish publishing)

  • Be creative with language in past, present, future, imperative, and conditional tenses

  • Demonstrate familiarity with various forms of Yiddish cultural expression, such as Yiddish folksong, Yiddish poetry, Yiddish film, and the politics of Yiddishism

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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GNS/​JEWISH 105

GNS/JEWISH 106

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Introduction to the Yiddish language through speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Emphasis on communication with attention to cultural and historical context.

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Topics

  • Yiddish language fundamentals: speaking, listening, reading, and writing
  • Cultural and historical context of Yiddish communication
  • Forms of Yiddish cultural expression including folksong, poetry, film, and politics

Skills

  • Multi-sentence written and oral communication in Yiddish
  • Creative use of Yiddish grammar including past, present, future, imperative, and conditional tenses
  • Vocabulary mobilization for describing time, weather, calendrical units, and literature
  • Expression of opinions about authentic Yiddish texts such as newspapers and poetry

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GNS/JEWISH 106 · Spring 2027

Second Semester Yiddish

Recorded 2026-10-14
GNS/JEWISH 106 · Spring 2027

Second Semester Yiddish

Recorded 2026-10-14
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