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  • 1Yiddish language — Not to be confused with Hebrew language. Yiddish ייִדיש yidish Pronunciation [ˈjɪdɪʃ] Spoken in United States, Israel, Argentina …

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  • 2YIDDISH 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… …

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  • 3Yiddish literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the Yiddish language of Ashkenazic (Ashkenazi) Jewry (central and eastern European Jews and their descendants).       Yiddish literature culminated in the period from 1864 to 1939, inspired …

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  • 4Yiddish 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;… …

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  • 5Yiddish 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… …

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  • 6YIDDISH 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… …

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  • 7The Yiddish Policemen's Union — Infobox Book name = The Yiddish Policemen s Union title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Michael Chabon illustrator = cover artist = Jacket design by Will Staehle country = United States language = English series …

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  • 8Bucharest Yiddish Studio Theater — The Bucharest Yiddish Studio Theater (Yiddish: Bukareshter Idishe Teater Studie , BITS ) was a short lived, highly experimental Yiddish theater founded in Bucharest, Romania in 1930, under the leadership of Jacob Sternberg.Their first production …

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  • 9List of English words of Yiddish origin — For Yiddish words used by English speaking Jews (that are not necessarily English), see Yiddish words used by English speaking Jews. This is a list of English words of Yiddish origin, many of which have entered the English language by way of… …

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  • 10Rena Costa Center for Yiddish Studies — Bar Ilan University’s Rena Costa Center for Yiddish Studies, founded in 1984 is dedicated to the academic study of Yiddish language and culture. The Center’s home is in the Faculty of Jewish Studies in the Bar Ilan University campus in Ramat Gan …

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