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UPenn refuses to reschedule commencement ceremony on Shavuot
(JNS) The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia said it will not move the date of its commencement ceremony, which is set to take place during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, despite a petition to reschedule the event to accommodate those who celebrate the Jewish holiday.
According to the university’s student-run publication, The Daily Pennsylvanian, nearly 40 seniors who identify as Orthodox Jewish received an email about the decision on March 24. Vice president and university secretary Medha Narvekar, and vice presi. For access to this article please sign in or
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JTA Yale will launch beginner Yiddish classes in the fall that will allow students to fulfill their language requirements, according to the Yale Daily News.
Yiddish studies now offered at the Ivy League US university focus on reading for translation and research purposes rather than on spoken Yiddish. The courses do not count toward its language requirement, meaning students have to take them as electives.
The beginner courses, which will start in the fall, will likely develop into levels of increasingly advanced courses in Yiddish as a spoken and written language.
Recent decades have seen an increased interest in learning Yiddish among younger Jews. Just this week Duolingo, the language learning app, added Yiddish to the list of languages it offers on its app, and earlier this year the Yiddish Book Center released a new multimedia Yiddish textbook.