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November 22, 2005

New books on the history of Yiddish

Did you know that "Yiddish" is the Yiddish word for "Jewish"?
A handy review of a spate of new histories and epitaphs for that wry and fallen language at The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Posted by OneEyedMan at November 22, 2005 8:42 AM

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