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A Forgotten Home
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Forward
08-23-1996
A Forgotten Home.
I began studying Yiddish two and a half years ago, for what was perhaps an odd reason: I had begun work on a novel in which several characters are native Yiddish speakers, and I wanted to know some of the language myself as a way of enhancing the novel's verisimilitude. What is perhaps even odder is how powerfully Yiddish has taken over my life, such that I now hope to continue writing about Yiddish speakers -- but to do so ...
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