Yale to offer beginner Yiddish courses to fulfill language requirements – Studies, which thus far focused on translation and research, likely to move into more advanced spoken and written language courses | Timesofisrael

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.