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Bookmark or Share- The 22 Best Yiddish Words to Know | My Jewish LearningThe 22 Best Yiddish Words to Know. A brief glossary of important and commonly used Yiddish words and phrases. By My Jewish Learning
- Yiddish language | History, Culture & Alphabet | BritannicaYiddish is the language of the Ashkenazim, central and eastern European Jews and their descendants. Written in the Hebrew alphabet, it became one of the world’s most widespread languages, appearing in most countries with a Jewish population by the 19th century.
- Yiddish: What You Should Know | My Jewish LearningThe most important differences between Yiddish and Hebrew are these: • Yiddish is a Germanic language, belonging to the Indo-European family of languages, while Hebrew is a Semitic language, belonging to the Afroasiatic family of languages.
- Yiddish literature | History, Timeline, & Facts | BritannicaYiddish literature, the body of written works produced in the Yiddish language of Ashkenazic Jewry (central and eastern European Jews and their descendants). Yiddish literature culminated in the period from 1864 to 1939, inspired by modernization and then severely diminished by the Holocaust.
- The History of Yiddish | My Jewish LearningYiddish. My Jewish Learning is a not-for-profit and relies on your help. Donate. In its 1,000-plus-year history, the Yiddish language has been called many things, including the tender name mameloshen(mother tongue), the adversarial moniker zhargon (jargon) and the more matter-of-fact Judeo-German.
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