Yiddish Language Textbooks
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Good for linguistically-inclined beginners, but not for absolute beginners. Search online for this book. KlezCalifornia does not sell it.
New 900-page, two-volume textbook with on-line companion website. Published by Yiddish Book Center in 2020. Written by Asya Vaisman Schulman and Jordan Brown with Mikhl Yashinsky, In eynem is the first fully-illustrated, multimedia Yiddish textbook that uses the communicative approach to language learning. With this book, students use language as...
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Provides grammar, expressions, dialogues and songs with easy exercises for the beginner Yiddish student. Written in English and Yiddish and transliteration. Includes: Alphabet, grammar, conversation, proverbs, humor, idioms, songs and cultural history. Also available is an Audio CD for $10.00 and the Answer Key for $2.00. Paperback book 2000. NOTE:...
Great for beginners learning alphabet and basic grammar. Available online from Abe Books and from Amazon.
Use in conjunction with "College Yiddish," above. We do not know where this book might be available. KlezCalifornia does not sell it.
Duolingo Yiddish, released in April 2021, is an online Yiddish course encompassing 70 sections called “skills,” with each skill featuring five levels. The 350 levels have three to six lessons each. With every lesson requiring at least five to seven minutes, the roughly 1,300 lessons will take a minimum of...
For beginners. Book, CDs and answer key. More advanced Volume 2 also has a CD and answer key. Nine CD set also available. Search online for this book. KlezCalifornia does not sell it.