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    Yiddish ( ייִדיש‎, יידיש‎ or אידיש‎, yidish or idish, pronounced [ˈ (j)ɪdɪʃ], lit. 'Jewish'; ייִדיש-טײַטש‎, historically also Yidish-Taytsh, lit. 'Judeo-German') [9] is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originates from 9th century [10] : 2 Central Europe, providing the ...

  2. Texts & Literature. • Yiddish book center: digital Yiddish library. • Yiddish books. • Yiddish audiobooks. • Palmm: Yiddish children books. • Goethe Universität, Frankfurt: Online Yiddish books. • Mendele מענדעלע online journal about the Yiddish language and literature. • The meaning of Yiddish by Benjamin Harshav (1990 ...

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  4. This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the following words may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).

  5. www.wikiwand.com › en › YiddishYiddish - Wikiwand

    Yiddish is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originates from 9th century Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages ...

  6. Yiddish is a language used by some Jews. At first, it was a dialect of German that Jews began to use in Europe about 1000 years ago. It was and still is used in the United States, especially in New York City, and other countries that now have Jews. Most Yiddish words come from German, but many words are also from Hebrew and Slavic languages ...

  7. Mar 11, 2024 · we recently purchased a complete run of this important journal of Yiddish literary and cultural life, beginning in 1892. the definitive index on Jewish history, activity and thought. This database provides a comprehensive guide to English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in more than 160 journals.

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