Alexander (Sender) Botwinik, lecturer in Yiddish teaches YDSH 101 (JWST 031 / YDSH 501) "Beginning Yiddish I" and YDSH 103 (JWST 033 / YDSH 503) "Intermediate Yiddish I" in the fall of 2007. In addition to teaching Yiddish at Penn, Alexander teaches music and choir at Adath Israel, music at Har Zion Temple, the Kaiserman JCC, and choir at Beth Am Israel. Alexander leads his singers in many concerts including, most recently, a well-received concert of Yiddish and Sephardic songs for the Judaic Studies Program of Drexel University. Other perfomances this past year were at Gratz College, Haverford College and Yiddish Week in Copake, NY. Alexander has been recording and will be directing the music for a documentary film, which is being produced by the Judaic Studies Program of Drexel University. In addition, Alexander has been awarded a grant from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture to prepare his father's musical compositions for publication.

updated August 2007