Anyone a teacher, or know a teacher, in Massachusetts?

I'm looking to contact a school to ask if any of their students or teachers would be willing to tutor on the side for extra money. If you know of someone, please PM me.

(I was going to look for and call a local BY school myself this morning, but if I had a contact, it might be easier.)

Posted: Tue, Oct 12 2010, 11:24 am Post subject:

Ora, I was going to say just about the same thing. Which part of Massachusetts are you looking for?
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Thank you both for answering. I forgot to click the "notify me when a reply is posted" so I thought people forgot about me!! Thank you, you two, for your answers Smile

I'm looking for someone who speaks Yiddish in the Boston area to assist in tutoring. I would prefer someone who has background in teaching, since as a teacher myself, I know how to present information to students. I called a girls BY school yesterday and e-mailed another, but nobody got back to me. At this point, if there was a student looking to make extra money, that would work, too. (Along with money, I'd feed the student an after-school snack, would make sure that DH and I drive her home, etc. I'd also travel to the person's house.)

I'm assuming, like NYC, that there are frum women who speak Yiddish at home but teach in public schools. There are also frum women who teach in frum schools...So basically, I'm looking for anyone who speaks Yiddish and is looking for extra money in helping someone with issues of Yiddish grammar.

Do you know of someone who teaches up in Boston? Maybe they know someone? My own attempts have gone nowhere, which is why I really need the help in reaching out to people. (I can' t fail out of here....)

Posted: Wed, Oct 13 2010, 8:14 am Post subject:

My husband and I are from Boston and neither of us can think of anyone who speaks Yiddish except the Bostoner Rebbe's children who speak a bit. I am not sure that they speak enough to tutor in Yiddish though.

Maybe there is a community kollel member who speaks some Yiddish. The secretary of Rofe's parents may have spoken Yiddish, and she is a macher so we can try to ask her if she knows of anyone.

I can also try to ask my MIL if she knows anyone. She is here in E"Y right now but lives in Boston.

Finding a Yiddish speaking tutor in Boston is nothing like finding one in Brooklyn. Finding a tutor in Boston, even not in Yiddish, isn't an undertaking since the pool of available people is so much smaller.

If you don't hear from me in the next day or so please feel free to PM me and remind me. I have a lot going on and don't want to forget you if you still need help.

It is possible that there is someone else here that can help without researching so much though.

Hatlzacha!

Thank you, Liba. You are so sweet. Yes--you are so right. When I was at home, I heard Yiddish on the streets. Here, umm, not so much!!

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I know this is out on a limb but UMass Amherst Judaic Studies department (where they have Yiddish language courses and the National Yiddish Book Center (in Amherst on the Hampshire College campus), are both good places to start - perhaps they have alumni in the Boston area who might be able to offer tutoring. I can't guarantee they'll be frum, but they'll definitely speak Yiddish. Also have you thought to contact the local chabad shluchim? Harvard has a Zarchi I believe and for sure either he or she must speak Yiddish.

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Telephone: (413) 545-2550
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Email: judaic@judnea.umass.edu
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National Yiddish Book Center
http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/
The Yiddish Book Center
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
Phone/Fax
Telephone: 413-256-4900
Fax: 413-256-4700

The Chabad House at Harvard
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/chabad/
38-40 Banks Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617.547.6124
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Posted: Wed, Oct 13 2010, 11:15 am Post subject:

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I'll PM you, Liba.

Thank you everyone, for the tips and advice. I am beyond appreciative. What a beautiful day on Imamother today, nu?

Brandeis has teachers of Yiddish there but I assume you want someone frum and I cannot say whether their teachers are...

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