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Yiddish, [a] historically Judeo-German, [11] [b] is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews.It originated in 9th-century [12]: 2 Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew (notably Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic.
'General Encyclopedia') is a Yiddish-language encyclopedia published in twelve volumes from 1934 to 1966. It is divided into two subseries: five volumes of the Normale series, covering general knowledge, and six volumes of the Yidn series, initially planned as a single supplementary volume, covering Jewish history and culture.
Attendees questioned if Yiddish was only “a” national language of the Jewish people or if it was “the” national language. Eventually, the conference, for the first time in history declared Yiddish to be "a national language of the Jewish people."
With the mass destruction of Jewish culture and the Yiddish language in Europe due to the Holocaust, the organizers of the encyclopedia placed increasing focus on covering Jewish culture and history for future generations. [18] As many of the earlier volumes of the encyclopedia were scarce, [clarification needed] they were republished in New ...
Weinreich, Uriel, College Yiddish: an Introduction to the Yiddish language and to Jewish Life and Culture, 6th revised ed., YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York, 1999, ISBN 0-914512-26-9. Wex, Michael , Born to Kvetch : Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods , St. Martin's Press, New York, 2005, ISBN 0-312-30741-1 .
YIVO (Yiddish: ייִוואָ, pronounced, short for ייִדישער װיסנשאַפֿטלעכער אינסטיטוט, yidisher visnshaftlekher institut, 'Jewish scientific institute') is an organization that preserves, studies, and teaches the cultural history of Jewish life throughout Eastern Europe, Germany, and Russia as well as orthography, lexicography, and other studies related to ...
During the 19th century Galicia and its main city, Lviv (Lemberg in Yiddish), became a center of Yiddish literature. Lviv was the home of the world's first Yiddish-language daily newspaper, the Lemberger Togblat. [4] Towards the end of World War I, Galicia became a battleground of the Polish-Ukrainian War, which erupted in November 1918. [5]
Alexander Borisovich Beider (Russian: Александр Борисович Бейдер, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪdʑ ˈbejdʲɪr]; Yiddish: אלכסנדר ביידער, IPA: [alɛkˈsandər ˈbɛɪdər]) is the author of reference books in the field of Jewish onomastics and the linguistic history of Yiddish.