Is Yiddish Bad for Jews?

From: Forward | Date: September 22, 1995| Author: Douglas Century | Copyright information


Forward

09-22-1995

Is Yiddish Bad for Jews?.

In response to two recent columns about the students' argot known as "Yeshivish," the following letter comes from Joseph Sharon of Ellenville, N.Y:

"My first reaction...was one of delight at the cleverly combined language of Yeshivish. Myriads of us were raised in a milieu of mixed English, Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian, etc. Who doesn't remember `Farmachem vinda un geh arois in strit' [Yiddish-English for &#...

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