A brief glossary of important and commonly used Yiddish words and phrases. Jewish Literature Sholem Aleichem One of the most beloved writers of Yiddish literature, his work inspired the hit musical "Fiddler on the Roof." Jewish Music Klezmer Music ...
Under section 4D of the OfficialLanguagesOrdinance (Cap. 5), the Secretary for Justice may make formal alterations to the text of an Ordinance in one officiallanguagetoachieve consistency between a word, expression or phrase with another word, expression or phrase where both such words, expressions...
“holy tongue,” inother words Hebrew and Aramaic), elements of Judeo-Romance lan-guages, and, with eastward Jewish migration, Slavic components. in pre-modern Ashkenazi civilization, Yiddish functioned as the lingua francaof a widely-dispersed minority within a traditional system of internalJewish...
Coming from the same origin, which is biblical Hebrew, both Hebrew and Yiddish bear many similarities such as same alphabets and some common words. However, Yiddish often makes do without vowels that are commonly used in Hebrew language. In fact, in Yiddish some of the consonants (guttural) o...
Glatstein experimented with Yiddish, exploring its poetic limits, using popular speech rhythms, coining new words, and engaging in inventive wordplay. His later poetry, although eclectic in rhythm and content, retains a playful sense of irony and use of folk idiom. From 1938 Glatstein turned ...