International Association
of Yiddish Teachers (IAYT)

Founded October 27, 2008 at the International Association of Yiddish Clubs Conference at the Marriott Hotel in La Jolla, California.

We define a Yiddish Teacher as anyone who is or has taught Yiddish.

Colleges that teach Yiddish
Yiddish Dictionaries
Yiddish Textbooks

Conference Program

Teacher's Panel I  - Teaching Yiddish Through Song 3:30pm
Archie Barkan – Moderator, Woodland Hills, CA*
Cookie Blattman – Tamarac, FL
Elisheva Edelson – San Diego, CA
Cindy Paley – Sherman Oaks, CA
Lori Cahan Simon – Beachwood, OH

Teacher's Panel II – Curriculum Content
Hilda Rubin – Moderator, Rockville, MD
Frida Cielak – Mexico City, Mexico
Ruth Goodman – Wilmington, DE
Sheyndl Liberman – Los Angeles, CA
Prof. Iosif Vaisman – Arlington, MD

Teacher's Panel III – Pedagogical Methodology
Miriam Koral Moderator Venice, CA
Yakob Basner – Seal Beach, CA
Kolye Borodulin – Staten Island, NY
Alva Ann Dworkin – Southfield, MI
Marcia Gruss Levinsohn – Silver Spring, MD

Teacher's Panel IV– Organizational Future
Adrienne Cooper – Moderator New York, NY
Prof. Al Feldman – Scottsdale, AZ
Rachel Leah Jablon – Randallstown, MD*
Cantor Hale Porter – Los Angeles, CA
Lori Cahan-Simon – Beachwood, OH

*Unable to attend

Conference Attendees

Links to Areas of Interest to Yiddish Teachers:

Yahoo Yiddish Teachers Group - Lori Cahan-Simon, Moderator

Rena Costa Center for Yiddish Studies - at Bar-Ilan University

Der Bay - International Anglo-Yiddish Newsletter

Elementary and Intermediate Yiddish - Dr. Sheva Zucker textbooks

Yiddish Teachers Form New Group - article in The Forward