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• YIDDISH LANGUAGE — YIDDISH LANGUAGE, language used by Ashkenazi Jews for the past 1,000 years. Developed as an intricate fusion of several unpredictably modified stocks, the language was gradually molded to serve a wide range of communicative needs. As the society… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Yiddish language — Not to be confused with Hebrew language. Yiddish ייִדיש yidish Pronunciation [ˈjɪdɪʃ] Spoken in United States, Israel, Argentina …   Wikipedia

• Yiddish language — Language 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… …   Universalium

• CZERNOWITZ YIDDISH LANGUAGE CONFERENCE — CZERNOWITZ YIDDISH LANGUAGE CONFERENCE, first international, interparty conference to deal with the role of Yiddish in Jewish life. It was held from August 30 to September 4, 1908. The idea of such a conference was first broached by nathan… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• List of Yiddish language poets — Poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in the Yiddish language include:A* Moshe Altman * Efraim Auerbach * Zelik AxelrodB* Zelik Barditshever * Rachel Baumvoll * Elye Beyder * Chaim Beyder * Alexander Beyderman * Alexander Belousov * Lev… …   Wikipedia

• Yiddish theatre — consists of plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish, the language of the Eastern European Ashkenazi Jewish community. The range of Yiddish theatre is broad: operetta, musical comedy, and satiric or nostalgic revues; melodrama;… …   Wikipedia

• Yiddish dialects — are varieties of the Yiddish language. These dialects are divided by originating region in Europe. Northeastern Litvish Yiddish was dominant in twentieth century Yiddish culture and academia, while Southern dialects of Yiddish are now the most… …   Wikipedia

• Yiddish words used by English-speaking Jews — Yiddish words may be used in a primarily English language context. An English sentence that uses these words sometimes is said to be in Yinglish, however the primary meaning of Yinglish is an anglicism used in Yiddish. This secondary sense of the …   Wikipedia

• Yiddish theatre —    Yiddish theatre, which emerged in Europe in the early 18th century, flourished in European capitals and in America, particularly New York City, from the late 19th to the mid 20th century. Focused on dramas by Jews written and performed in… …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

• Language federation — Language Federations were formed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century by immigrants to the United States, primarily from Eastern and Southern Europe, who shared a commitment to some form of socialist politics. Some of these groups… …   Wikipedia

• YIDDISH LITERATURE — This articles is arranged according to the following outline: introduction UNTIL THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY the bible in yiddish literature epic homiletic prose drama liturgy ethical literature Historical Songs and Writings transcriptions of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism