Science for the People: Visnshaft in Yiddish
Special | 58m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
Tony Michels discusses the Visnshaft movement which taught Jewish immigrants in Yiddish.
Tony Michels, Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at UW-Madison, explores Visnshaft, a movement designed to bring the entirety of scholarly knowledge to the Jewish immigrant community in Yiddish, their native language.
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University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Science for the People: Visnshaft in Yiddish
Special | 58m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
Tony Michels, Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at UW-Madison, explores Visnshaft, a movement designed to bring the entirety of scholarly knowledge to the Jewish immigrant community in Yiddish, their native language.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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