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 Yiddish : Language and Linguistics
312 words, approx. 1 pages Variant of German which arose during the Middle Ages as a trade language of Jews in important centers of commerce (countries along the Rhine and Danube). Today the East European branch of Yiddish (language of the Ashkenazic Jews) has approx. 5 million... summary from source:
 Yiddish Language
194 words, approx. 1 pagesLanguage of Ashkenazic Jews and their descendants (&see; Ashkenazi), written in the Hebrew alphabet. Yiddish developed from southeastern dialects of Middle High German carried into central and eastern Europe beginning in the 12th century; it has been... summary from source:
 Yiddish : Judaic Terms
72 words, approx. 1 pagesLanguage of the *Ashkenazic community. Yiddish is written in Hebrew letters. Although it died out in Western Europe, it continued to be used in Russia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland and the Ukraine. Before the *holocaust, there were thought to be... summary from source:
 Yiddish language Information
6,162 words, approx. 21 pages
Yiddish (ייִדיש yidish or אידיש idish, literally: "Jewish") is a non-territorial Germanic language, spoken throughout the world and written with the Hebrew alphabet. It originated in the Ashkenazi culture that developed from about the 10th...
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 World and I Yiddish Lives - A Language That Refuses to Die.
02/01/2002: 2,125 words, approx. 7 pages Isaac Bashevis Singer, the only author to win a Nobel Prize in literature for stories written in Yiddish, was often asked why he wrote in a dying language. His reply: "Yiddish has been dying for a thousand years, and I'm sure it will... summary from source:
Forward ON LANGUAGE; The Case for Yiddish in Israel
12/03/2004: 858 words, approx. 3 pages Philologos Forward 12-03-2004 Dovid Katz, whose newly published "Words On Fire: The Unfinished Story of Yiddish" was reviewed in the Forward recently, is one-of-a-kind in the Jewish world -- a roving, long-bearded scholar (born in New York, he now, according to the book's... summary from source:
 The New York Observer A Circumcision Deal?
1/4/2006: 422 words, approx. 1 pagesA couple of weeks ago, I described Health Commissioner Tom Frieden's decision not to ban a controversial circumcision practice outright as "backing down." Looks like I read it wrong; and that's certainly not how the community took it. There have been rumblings of protest in... summary from source:
AP News Lower East Side matzo factory for sale
12/28/2007: 760 words, approx. 3 pagesLong after most of its customers left the neighborhood to pursue the American Dream, the last matzo factory on the Lower East Side is moving out, saying goodbye to a part of town that was once home to hundreds of thousands of immigrant Jews.Streit's, a...
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