tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586565064372847590.post9006522342154089946..comments2024-01-01T15:26:04.383-05:00Comments on Rootless Cosmopolitan: Friday Fragmentsrokhlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15442447160759343139noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586565064372847590.post-41455906939487264522013-10-04T16:24:16.168-04:002013-10-04T16:24:16.168-04:00Yes and yes. I cousin of mine literally laughed ou...Yes and yes. I cousin of mine literally laughed out loud when I told him I was learning Yiddish recently. Though I know he dashes it about in his speech. Still, I think the idea of a "post-vernacular" yiddish can be something rich and meaningful and distinct from the denigrated yiddish used commonly now that you describe so well.Avinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3586565064372847590.post-6421627713951861722013-10-04T16:07:51.965-04:002013-10-04T16:07:51.965-04:00I always wonder why dayschools even within the Mod...I always wonder why dayschools even within the Modern Orthodox community do not offer Yiddish. Given how much Yiddish vocabulary one would already have if one had studied Hebrew since kindergarten and how Yiddish would help one learn German, I would think that offering Yiddish would be a no-brainer. If only the Yiddishist community had a patron, the way Birthright has Sheldon Adelson. <br /><br />When I was in post-Bar Mitzvah Hebrew school I had an ardent desire to take Yiddish. After two years of lobbying my school FINALLY did offer Yiddish, but I think it was because a teacher came along who wanted to teach it. Anyway, the class had over 20 kids sign up, used a respectable text book(let), and did teach some conjugations, but it was called "Yiddish for Fun" and concentrated on Yiddish sayings and the the humorous side of the culture. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com