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Elissa- YBC praise
EX39_1695 Elissa Kraemer reflects on her growth during the course of the Yiddish Book Center's Steiner summer program, and encourages others to apply.
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Elissa-Grandparents and interest in Yiddish
EX39_1692 Elissa Kraemer remembers how she found out Yiddish was a real language.
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Emma- learning for oral history
Emma Morgenstern learns from being an oral historian. Here, she remembers a specifically impactful interview.
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Emma-Window to New Ideas
Emma Morgenstern, student of the summer program, describes how the lectures during the program opened windows to new ideas for her.
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Family Custom
EX32_1702 Vardit Lightstone describes a special family tradition she and her family do involving bread on Shabbat.
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Judaeo-Spanish Speakers in Thessaloniki
Emma Morgenstern, student of the summer program, recounts her undergraduate thesis research on Judeo-Spanish speakers of Thessaloniki (Salonika), Greece.
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What Makes a Living Language
EX175_1738 Amy Leos-Urbel - Director of Educational Programs at the Yiddish Book Center - reflects on what constitutes a living language and how Yiddish is used today.
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Personal Connection to Yiddish
EX49_29 Rachel describes the personal connection she feels from studying Yiddish.
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Polkes
Rachel describes how she discovered Yiddish was an essential part of her vocabulary as she only knew the Yiddish word, "polkes," for "thighs."
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Living Language
EX32_1697 Vardit Lightstone explains how Yiddish, as a living language, is open to interpretation by today's speakers.
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On the Internship
EX32_1698 Vardit Lightstone describes how she came to the Steiner Summer Internship Program, and the open environment of peers she discovered upon arrival.
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On Yiddish
EX32_1699 Vardit Livingstone was amazed to discover how important Yiddish culture was historically.
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The Future of Yiddish Language and Culture
EX318_1971 Elie Adelman - 2012 Steiner Summer Program student - discusses the present and future status of Yiddish in both Hasidic and secular communities. He then discusses the current interest in...
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My Experience in the Yiddish Book Center's Steiner Summer Yiddish Program
EX304_1849 Sara Israel, former Yiddish Book Center fellow, remembers her time in the Steiner Summer Program and how she enjoyed being part of a group of Yiddish enthusiasts that summer.
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Letters From Ancestors
EX513_3038 Eli Bromberg, a former Steiner student at the Yiddish Book Center, reflects on a very personal translation project he and his fellow students undertook during the Steiner Summer Program....
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Is Yiddish Dead? Not A Question We Need To Waste Too Much Time Thinking About
EX513_3039 Eli Bromberg, a former Steiner student at the Yiddish Book Center, talks about the vitality- or supposed lack thereof- of the Yiddish language. Oral History: Eli Bromberg
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Yiddish Hit "Just the Right Spot"
EX473_2885 Dory Fox, former Steiner student and Alumni Coordinator / Program Assistant at Tent: Jewish Encounters, speaks about how something just seemed to "click" when she began studying Yiddish at...
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Working with Michael Chabon's "The Yiddish Policemen's Union"
EX473_2886 Dory Fox, former Steiner student and Alumni Coordinator / Program Assistant at Tent: Jewish Encounters, speaks about her undergraduate thesis on Michael Chabon's "The Yiddish Policemen's...
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