I am a teacher and translator of Yiddish to English. I am a 2023-2024 Yiddish Book Center translation fellow, a Yiddish teacher with the Workers’ Circle and this year I have also been teaching Yiddish language, literature and culture at Sorbonne Université, Paris. I have taught courses on various topics relating to History and Yiddish language at Sorbonne Université, the Jewish Theological Seminary, Beit Kohenet, YIVO, Shamir Collective, Yiddish New York, Yiddish Summer Weimar, the Workers Circle, and Babels Blessing Language School. I have also given guest lectures at Yale University, Georgetown University, City College New York and Wheaton College.
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Current classes (Spring 2026)
Past Classes
Fall 2025