The Memoirs of Puah Rakovsky
A live online Yiddish course on Puah Rakovsky’s memoir, held Wednesdays from September 23 to December 2 on Zoom. Ten weekly sessions.
A live online Yiddish course on Puah Rakovsky’s memoir, held Wednesdays from September 23 to December 2 on Zoom. Ten weekly sessions.
This is a live, online course held weekly on Zoom. Enrollment will be capped at about 15 students. This class will be conducted in Yiddish.
10 Sessions | Wednesdays, 10:00am – 11:30am ET
September 23, 30
October 7, 14, 21, 28
November 4, 11, 18 (No class on November 25)
December 2
Instructor: Vera Szabó
Who should take this course?
This course is appropriate for Yiddish students at the high intermediate/low advanced level.
What topics will this class cover?
Puah Rakovsky (1865-1955), an educator, feminist, and Zionist, was a pioneer of her time in both her work and her private life. In her memoir, written in the early 1950s in Israel, she reflects on historical events and her part in them during a period spanning seventy years. In this course, students will read selected excerpts from her memoir titled Zikhroynes fun a yidisher revolutsionern and learn about its historical and cultural context, also appreciating Rakovsky’s original voice and use of stylistic variation.
Is knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet required?
Yes, knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet is required.
