useless-ashkenazifacts:useless-ashkenazifacts:YIDDISH MASTERPOST (INCOMPLETE)Prior to the Ha’Shoah,
useless-ashkenazifacts:useless-ashkenazifacts:YIDDISH MASTERPOST (INCOMPLETE)Prior to the Ha’Shoah, there were over 10 million speakers of Yiddish; 85% of the Jews who died in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers, leading to a massive decline in the use of the language. Nowadays, Yiddish can still be heard in Hassidic communities or households of Ashkenazic descent. SITES WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE:Yiddish stories (MP3/Hebrew transliteration/English translation)http://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/Stories.htmlThe Tanakh (Hebrew Scripture) in Yiddishhttp://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/texts/yehoyesh/tanList.htmhttp://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/texts/schauss/welcome.htmhttp://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/texts/mendl/welcome.htmThe Tanakh in Yiddish Literature http://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/texts/manger/medresh.htmYiddish Journalshttp://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/reference/Biblio/introduc.htmhttp://yiddish.haifa.ac.il/tmr/TMR.htmOther Yiddish learning/in-depth immersion resources:http://www.ibiblio.org/yiddish/ (Best site for Yiddish novices hands down) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL29C3727AB8E1654C (Yiddish Youtube lessons) http://www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/ (Yiddish online dictionary)http://www.yiddishculture.org/ (Yiddish culture beginner intro)http://www.yv.org/ (Yiddish radio)Grammar of the Yiddish Language, by Dovid Katz (PDF)Universal Yiddish Encyclopedia BUZZFEED TRIVIA:How much Yiddish do YOU know?18 Words You Use All The Time That Are Actually Yiddish Your Ultimate Guide To Yiddish SlangYiddish Words You Should Be Using -- source link
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