Jewish Studies Languages

The University of Pennsylvania Jewish Studies Program offers courses leading to language proficiency in Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, and Yiddish.

Modern Hebrew Language Program

Coordinator, Ronit Engel
Modern Hebrew Language courses: 051, 052, 053, 054
For the Modern Hebrew Language Program tutorial site, click here.
Note: If you are interested in taking Modern Hebrew, you are advised to take the MHLP Placement Exam given at the beginning of the semester. For specific time and place, please call the NELC department at 215-898-7466.

Biblical Hebrew Program

Coordinator, Michael Carasik
Biblical Hebrew courses: 171,172, 173, 174

Yiddish Language Program

Coordinator, Kathryn Hellerstein
Yiddish Language courses: 031, 032, 033, 034

[Mark Wischnitzer, Literary Editor, with David. Bergelson and Der Nister; Rachel Wischnitzer-Bernstein, Art Editor]. Milgroym-Rimon. [Berlin: Rimon, c1922-c1924] Gift of Deborah Karp. From the Abraham J. Karp Collection.

The fabulously illustrated bi-lingual Yiddish-Hebrew periodical is recognized as the first journal of Jewish art. Its art editor, Rachel Wischnitzer, a pioneer in the field of modern Jewish art history, highlights through the vehicle of its covers the way that traditional Jewish motifs could be employed to reinvent medieval Jewish manuscript traditions as a modern magazine of arts and letters.

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Jewish Studies @ PENN

Fall/Winter 2018