Exhibit on Yiddish language at Robarts

The current installation at the bottom of the elevators on the ground floor of Robarts Library is "Komets-alef: o: Back to school at the Yiddish kheyder", curated by Miriam Borden, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.

Through the lens of the kheyder (the traditional religious classroom for children among the Eastern European Jewish population), the exhibit introduces the Yiddish language (orthography, phonetics, dialectology) and a bit about literature and culture.

The exhibit was designed by Rowan Van Berk, and co-sponsored by the Al and Malka Green Yiddish Studies Program, the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies. Originally planned to be shown only until the end of July, it has now been extended to the end of October and is free and open to the public. If you're on campus and have a minute, have a look!