Dr. Peltz To Give Course At Seminar In Yiddish Studies 6/28/02 |
Dr. Rakhmiel Peltz, Director of Judaic Studies at Drexel University, will teach a course on "The Ethnography of Yiddish in New York" at the Third International Advanced Seminar In Yiddish Studies this year. The Seminar will take place in New York from June 24 through July 12, 2002, on the campus of the Jewish Theological Seminary. It is co-sponsored by Beit Sholem Aleichem in Tel Aviv, the Yiddish Department of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Jewish Theological Seminary, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. The Seminar is being run by Avrom Nowersztern and David Roskies, and the administrator is Rebecca Margolis. The Seminar is intended for graduate and post-graduate students in the fields of Yiddish and Jewish culture and history. It is to consist of intensive and advanced study of Yiddish literature, culture, and language, and is to be conducted entirely in Yiddish. The subject of this year's seminar is "Yiddish in New York City, 1880-2000." The following courses will be offered: David E. Fishman (JTS): The Yiddish Secular Schools in New York Abraham Novershtern (Hebrew University): The Yiddish Cultural Center of New York: Scholarly Tools and Methodologies Eugene Orenstein (McGill): The Cultural Dimensions of the Jewish Labor Movement Rakhmiel Peltz (Drexel): The Ethnography of Yiddish in New York David G. Roskies (JTS): Sholem Asch: From "Uncle Moses" to "East River" Ruth R. Wisse (Harvard): Jacob Glatstein, New York Intellectual For application information, please see the website for the Jewish Theological Seminary. Jewish Theological Seminary 3080 Broadway New York, NY 10027 USA Telephone: 212-678-8000 Website: www.jtsa.edu |