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2 days ago · Yiddish (ייִדיש , יידיש or אידיש , yidish or idish, pronounced [ˈ(j)ɪdɪʃ], lit. ' Jewish '; ייִדיש-טײַטש , historically also Yidish-Taytsh, lit. ' Judeo-German ') is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews.
- Yiddish Words Used in English
Yiddish words used in the English language include both...
- Yiddish Orthography
Yiddish orthography is the writing system used for the...
- Yiddish Words Used in English
1 day ago · In the 1920s and 1930s, Ashkenazi Jews from Europe arrived in large numbers as refugees from antisemitism, the Russian revolution, and the economic turmoil of the Great Depression. By the 1930s, Paris had a vibrant Yiddish culture, and many Jews were involved in diverse political movements.
2 days ago · The category “Yiddish women’s fiction” is indicative of the gender trouble inherent to Yiddish literature and literary studies. It is an imperfect category to describe women who wrote fiction and not literature intended for an audience of women.
3 days ago · According to Isaac Bleaman, a linguist at UC Berkeley, about 83% of the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis spoke Yiddish. Sixty years ago, Weinreich, the long-standing director of YIVO, and ...
3 days ago · The Yiddish alphabet, a modified version of the Hebrew alphabet used to write Yiddish, is a true alphabet, with all vowels rendered in the spelling, except in the case of inherited Hebrew words, which typically retain their Hebrew consonant-only spellings.
5 days ago · Founded in 1979 by prominent Yiddish linguist and professor Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter in order to provide organizational support for the modernization, standardization and use of the Yiddish language in all spheres of daily life.
5 days ago · New book describes Jewish culture in prewar Poland, from a 'Doikayt' perspective – The Forward. Yiddish.
