Explores American Yiddish poetry, fiction, theater, and cinema by European Jews in the US, covering themes like language politics, minoritized status, and Jewish identity.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.52 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=105 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.68 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=46 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.43 GPA, 70.6% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).
Second Semester Yiddish introduces the language through speaking, listening, reading, and writing, emphasizing communication within cultural and historical contexts.