Grammar is hard. What would help Yiddish learners and children alike is a line of Yiddish Mad-lib books. This would be a fun/silly way to pass time and perfect one's Yiddish skills. I can't imagine that it would be so difficult to make up a book of Yiddish mad-libs, or even just post it as a free pdf download online.
Yiddish needs to expand its presence on YouTube. Right now a lot of results consist of speeches, songs, and performances. This is a start, but we need more original content. Living room sketches, short films, new music... Bottom line, we need more! In the spring my cousins and I made a short silly claymation movie in Yiddish (its not on youtube yet, but it will be one day).
This last idea is surely not mine, but its been floating around the Yiddish speaking community for a while: dubbing movies, tv shows, and cartoons in Yiddish. Using convincing impressions, this would be a great way to draw people to Yiddish as well as meet the entertainment needs of those who already speak the language. Short cartoons could probably be posted on youtube, and larger files could be made available to download through torrents.
All of these ideas are tangible and would not require truckloads of cash. All we need is time and dedication. Working together we can do it all.
UPDATE:
I've created a YouTube account for so as we can centralize Yiddish media online. The name is Yiddishists. If you want to post something on YouTube using this account let me know and I'll give you the password.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
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The dubbing reminds me of another idea that i had awhile back: Yiddish karaoke. I don't think that would be much more difficult than making supertitles (which i'm told some people here have lots of experience with).
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