YIDDISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN AMERICA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Literature Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Prepare students for life and careers in an increasingly multicultural and multilingual US environment Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop critical thinking skills through sustained discussion with one’s peers and foster a constructive climate in which to engage with questions concerning cultural, racial, religious, and linguistic difference Audience: Undergraduate 3. Acquire a critical vocabulary to speak about historical and present-day issues concerning migration, ethnic identity, and religious difference Audience: Undergraduate 4. Engage in reflective writing practices, respond critically to feedback, and assess one’s own communicative strengths Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify the major themes of American Yiddish literature and culture from the early-twentieth century until today. These themes include: the politics of language use; the negotiation of a minoritized status; regional vs. national American Jewish identity; inter-generational conflict; Jews and the question of race Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Prepare students for life and careers in an increasingly multicultural and multilingual US environment Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop critical thinking skills through sustained discussion with one’s peers and foster a constructive climate in which to engage with questions concerning cultural, racial, religious, and linguistic difference Audience: Undergraduate 3. Acquire a critical vocabulary to speak about historical and present-day issues concerning migration, ethnic identity, and religious difference Audience: Undergraduate 4. Engage in reflective writing practices, respond critically to feedback, and assess one’s own communicative strengths Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify the major themes of American Yiddish literature and culture from the early-twentieth century until today. These themes include: the politics of language use; the negotiation of a minoritized status; regional vs. national American Jewish identity; inter-generational conflict; Jews and the question of race Audience: Undergraduate