Tayere khaveyrim, I am forwarding this to the list so all of you may meet Richard Kaiser, who has recently joined us. Lorele Lorele, Thank you for your warm...
When I went to look up the yiddish word for "spokesman", Weinreich suggested the word "FIRSHPREKHER". What is the REAL word in yiddish for a spokesman? I...
Nadav, In my 100% Yiddish speaking home, we would have said "forshteler",for spokesperson, although it literally means "presenter". My mother, Z'l, also ...
OPSHPREKHN (A GUT-OYG) for 'exorcise' is real Yiddish, in spite of the fact that "sprechen" is not. Similarly for FORSHPREKHER for 'spokesman', thought the...
Ok, so to a native German, he would be confused about the verb OPSHPREKHN. So, is it ok to use either FIRSHLOG,FORSHLOG,FIRSHPREKHER,FIRREDER or vortzoger?...
Nadav asked: BTW: Was there a time when "shprekhn" was admissable in Yiddish? In one word, no. (I'm talking about _UNDZER YIDISH_, the Yiddish of Eastern...
Well, again.. Uriel Weinreich makes a note that "spokesman" is "FORSHPREKHER" or if you are a schecterite(League for Yiddish), FIRSHPREKHER, just like FORSHLOG...
What does Yiddish sound like to that of someone who speaks Dutch?? Do the Dutch regard Yiddish better sounding than German in terms of melody? Now that...
I would like to invite some of you out there to help in writing a dictionary of onnemendike daytshmerizem vos me nutzt in Yidish. Since, there is a dictionary...
My son today just turned 4 years old and I want to wish him a happy birthday in Yiddish, of course. How do I say the whole song in Yiddish to him? Happy...
There are two options to finding out the answers to your first two questions, (besides the obvious -- ask a Dutch Yiddish speaker). One is to contact someone...
Tayer Nadav (host du a yidishn nomen?), Mazl tov tsu dir un dayn zunele! There is a birthday song used in the yidishe shuln, by Avrom Goldfaden, the text of...
Nadav, I'm afraid I can't work up much enthusiasm for either the idea of a dictionary of "admissable" daytshmerizmen, or for educating Germans about Yiddish....
Well, a very dear German friend of mine at Towson University I was rooming with was very very much interested in Yiddish language and was especially very very...
Hehe.. Nadav Ben-Ami iz mayn hebreyishe nomen, ober ver zogt az men ken nisht(oder nit) nutzn a haynttzaytike Yisraelishe nomen af yidish? I am a 29 yr old...
Help!!! Seriously in need of the Thesaurus of the Yiddish Language for purchase.. Please advise on where to find it, and please donnot say e-bay, I almost had...
Great suggestion, Yasminke. I'm sure most of you know that Steven Spielberg's foundation has funded the electronic storage of about 10,000 yidish bikher at...
Call 1-800-922-2558 and ask for the Workmens Circle book store. ... mit frayndshaft, fishl Philip "Fishl" Kutner 1128 Tanglewood Way San Mateo, CA 94403 Ph....
In Melbourne we generally sing this Yiddishised version of the standard "Happy birthday to you". lyrics are: Mit mazl un freyd, Dayn geburtztog is haynt, Dayn...
interesting, never heard that one before! ... From: "Lionel Mrocki" <lionel@...> To: <yiddishteachers@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 16,...
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Hello Yidn... once again I have done it again! I have finally got my russian-yiddish yiddish-russian dictionary, you know? the red book with the title in...
Tayer Nadav, It's really more true to say that Yiddish is and has always been (Got tsu denken) a lebedike shprakh. Like all languages, Yiddish was affected by...
Dear Nadav, Soviet Yiddish was not quite 'disorganized'. In fact, there existed Kiev Institute for Jewish Culture which functioned until 1940s as a 'Kabinet'....
Its not a widely known work that I have, but interesting enough to grab attention that Yiddish is alive and well and will continue to do so(got tz'danken :)) I...
Tayere chaverim, The Dora Teitelboim Center for Yiddish Culture is proud to announce the release of its seventh book of Yiddish gems, The Jewish Book of...
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