
Would the ability to converse in Yiddish help you in your professional, personal or religious life? Do you work with a Yiddish speaking clientele, as a health care provider, educator, professional or businessman? Are you a Rabbi or community leader who has congregants that might benefit from such a course?
When I moved to Monsey 10 years ago, I had a rudimentary knowledge of Yiddish. With the help of a dictionary, I could read a religious discourse in Yiddish. Over the past ten years, I have taught myself the basics of conversational Yiddish to the point that I now conduct therapy in Yiddish. When I work with adults, we augment the Yiddish with Hebrew and English. However, when I work with children, for many of them their only conversational language is Yiddish.
I will be offering a 12 hour non-credit course this fall at Rockland Community College in which I share the platform I developed from which I have continued to enhance my Yiddish skills. I expect that the class will be small, perhaps 5 to 10 students, so it will be possible to have a lot of practice speaking in class.
The class will meet on 4 consecutive Sundays in October (the 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th) from 1 to 4 PM at the main RCC campus.
Please let me know ASAP at 845-425-9531 if you are interested in participating.