Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 5.262 March 5, 1996 1) Yiddish education update (Anna Shternshis) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 22:46:18 +0300 From: shternshis@glas.apc.org Subject: Yiddish education update Tayere Mendelyanern! Main frasint un ich hobn tsugegreitn dem informatsionele bulleten fun Yidishe universitetn in Rusland. Oib ihr hot frages, ihr ken shraibn glaich tsu mir shternshis@glas.apc.org Anna Shternshis Mer vi 100 studentn lernen yidish in Moskve. Dem 26-stn November 20 20 studentn fun farsheidene yidishe universitetn in Moskve zainen gekumen cum bagegenish mitn Profesor Shimon Sandler, a mehaber fun zeyer bavustn lernbuch fun yidish. Shimon Sandler hot geredt oif yidish, un di studentn hobn im gefregt oif yidish vegn yidishe filologie un vorclen fun yidishe verter. In di tzveite teil hot profesor derceilt vegn zain zeyer interesante biografie un vegn yidish in zain lebn un in di lebn fun zain haveirim. Dr. Mihcail Krutikov (JTSA, New-York) hot gefirt dem farzamlung tsuzamen mit Shimon Sandler.Dos nekste bagenenish vet zain mit Aron Vergelis, redaktor fun di yidishe zhurnal "Yidishe gas"("Sovetish Heimland"). Di moskover teil fun Beth-Hillel un zain direktor Zhenya Michaleva hot undz zeyer gehelft cu hobn dos trefung. 6 studentn fun Moskve shraibn iber oif yidish mit di mentshn fun andere lender, zey ainteiln in di program "Feder Fraint". Far kemat ale yunge mentshen vos redn haint oif yidish in Moskve di shprach is nit kein mame-loshn. Zey zainen geboirn gevorn in Moskve. Zey arbetn shver cu lernen yidish. Zainen do a sah problemen mit der arbet . fun 40 studentn fun turo kollege nor cvei arbetn itst mit yidish. Ober mir hofn az di zeyer gerotene antviklung fun yidish vet mamshich zain in cukumf. Yidish zol nisht shtarbn! Yiddish education in Moscow and in the former Soviet Union. --------------------------------- Jewish University in Moscow --------------------------------- Total number of students 170 (75 new) Departments: History, Philology, Sociology Rector: Prof. Arkady Kovelman President: Prof. Alexander Militarev E-mail: jewunimali@glas.apc.org Total number of students studing Yiddish: 9 Classes: 9 students of the 1-st year, Yiddish 2 hours per week, tutor Anya Shternshis. Yiddish is an optional subject for the students studing on the faculty History of Jews in Russia and Soviet Union. History department Project Judaica Total number of students: 48 (December 1995) Faculties: Historical-Archive Department (18), History-Philological Department (30) Director: Prof. David Fishman E-mail: elena@rggu.msk.su Total number of students studing Yiddish: 18 (Historical Archive faculty) Classes: 5th year 18 students, Yiddish 4h/week, tutor Prof. Shimon Sandler 5th year 18 students, Yiddish historiography 4h/week, Dr. Mikhail Krutikov together with the canceled Yiddish Department of Touro College, Project Judaica is the oldest Yiddish program in former Soviet Union. It has been started in 1991 as a joint program of Russian State University of Humanities, Jewish Theological Seminary of America and YIVO. Many well-known Yiddish professors such as Pesakh Fishman, Dov-Ber Kerler, Isaak Niborsky, Sheva Zucker, Abraham Nowerztern, Zvi Gitelman, David Roskies, Gennady Oystraich, Shimon Sandler and Boris Sandler took part in Yiddish tutoring and special Yiddish courses on Historical-Archivial Department of the Project "Judaica". The success of the Yiddish studies on Project Judaica can be proved by the fact that today two senior PJ students are tutoring in Jewish University in Moscow (Anya Shternshis) and Maimonides State Jewish Academy (Galina Elias- berg). This Spring '96 semester 30 students from Philological Department (2nd and 3rd years) of PJ will start their Yiddish classes with Prof. Shimon Sandler. --------------------------------- Maimonides State Jewish Academy --------------------------------- Total number of students in Academy 370 Faculties: Dept. of Ju- daica and Hebrew studies - 65 (27 new) students Chair of Yid- dish and West European languages (Head: Elizaveta Khakina) Rec- tor: Veronika Irina, Academician. Dean of Dept. of Judaica and Hebrew studies: Prof.Mikhail Chlenov Total number of students studing Yiddish: 65 Classes: 4th year - 11 students, Yiddish literature 2h/week, Galina Eliasberg 3rd year - 17 students, Yiddish 4h/week tutor E.Khakina 2nd year - 10 students, Yiddish 4h/week tutor E.Khakina 1st year - 27 students, Yiddish 4h/week tutors Rempel/Kiselev/Yukhan/Bianki Department of Judaica and Hebrew studies (Philological faculty) of the Maimonides State Jewish Academy is well known for good language educa- tion including Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Yiddish and English. Yiddish classes for the 1st year students are providing by the seniors stu- dents of Mainonides Academy. ----------------------------------- Moscow Touro College - Yiddish faculty (1991/92 - 1994/95) ----------------------------------- June 1995 25 students from former Yiddish Department of Touro College graduated after the program was canceled because of lack of financing. After 3 years of studying (including 4 month in Israel) students rece- ived Moscow Touro College certificates. Together with Project Judaica Yiddish faculty of Moscow Touro College was one of the best school of Yiddish in the f. Soviet Union. Started in 1991 this program provided 10 h/week Yiddish classes for more than 40 students in 2 groups. Yiddish language classes were taught by Elizaveta Hakina, Sheva Tzuker, Haim Beider, Mark Meterperel. The programm included subjects on Jewish history and culture which were taught in Yiddish. Jewish Folklore was tutored by Prof. Dov Noy, Maria Kotlyarova (one of the last students of Solomon Michoels) has taught about Jewish Theatre, Abraham Karpino- vich, Haim Beider have taught Jewish literature, there were special subject on Yiddish Rithoriks (Levkovich), Yiddish songs (Alika Smecho- va) and others. The Yiddish Department was tutored by Prof. Vainer. Yiddish studies in the Former Soviet Union This information was taken from the new directory "Jewish studies in the institutions of Higher Learning in the CIS and Baltic countries" made by Sefer Center (Victoria Mochalova, Lyudmila Chulkova) , if you wish to get a copy of this directory please send your requests to . Jewish University in St. Peterburg Dept. of Comparative Study of World Religions Yiddish 4h/week, tutor A. Reyzlina Address: Russia, 196247 St.peterburg P.O.B. 10 Fax: 7-(812)-268-7568 International Solomon University in Kiev Yiddish language, tutor E. Alexander Address: Ukraine, 252033 Kiev Saksaganskogo str. 64 Fax: (044)-220-5196 University of Vilnius (Vilno) Philological Department Yiddish language, tutor M. Shubas Jewish Literature in Yiddish, M. Shubes Address: University str. 3, Vilnus, Lithiania. Kishinev University Philological Department Yiddish language, tutor M. Lemster Address: Moldova, Kishinev, A. Mateevichi str. 60 Fax: 373-2-240041 Birobidzhan Pedagogical Institute Philological Department Yiddish lan- guage, tutor B. Ritenberg Address: Russia, Birobidzhan, ul. Leni- na 27 Jewish People University of Dnepropetrovsk Yiddish language, tutor G. Meshenberg Address: Ukraine 320000 Dnepropetrovsk, Minina st. 1 ------------------------------------------ Editors: Motya Chlenov, Anya Shternshis ------------------------------------------ Sefer Center * Association of Moscow Jewish studies students If you would like to receive more materials on Jewish Academic educa- tion in Russia please send your request to: chlenov@glas.apc.org or shternshis@glas.apc.org ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol. 5.262