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Meet the Israelis who are reconnecting modern Hebrew to Yiddish

Yiddish is doing a lot better than Hopi or Gaelic.

Yiddish land revisited Yiddish actor and singer Yoni Eilat depicted here reading a Yiddish newspaper
Yiddish land revisited Yiddish actor and singer Yoni Eilat depicted here reading a Yiddish newspaper
(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
ByHAGAY HACOHEN
NOVEMBER 9, 2019 12:10
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