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Don't doubt that you don't know anyone secular who does, but there is a very vibrant secular Yiddish revival scene out there where you could meet people who do.
by nanna 6y ago
Don't doubt that you don't know anyone secular who does, but there is a very vibrant secular Yiddish revival scene out there where you could meet people who do. For example
https://www.yivo.org/ https://www.yivo.org/
https://www.yiddishnewyork.com/ https://www.yiddishnewyork.com/
https://klezkanada.org/ https://klezkanada.org/
https://www.centre-medem.org/ https://www.centre-medem.org/
https://www.jmi.org.uk/event/otazoyonline2021/ https://www.jmi.org.uk/event/otazoyonline2021/
To name just a few.
- bradleyjg 6y agoI mean there are people out there that speak Esperanto fluently. It’s a question of how many. A few people’s (very cool) hobby isn’t the same as a living language. If you had to guess, what would you say the percentage of American Jews under the age of 45 who are not and never been haredi speak Yiddish fluently?
- nanna 6y ago<0% ! It's obviously collapsed (khurbn, assimilation, Zionism ). That said, for those who are part of the secular yiddish 'revival' it doesn't matter if there isn't a huge speaker base. Its still an interesting and exciting environment to be part of, and a real counterpoint to the nationalist, orthodox and assimilationist alternative ways of being a Jew today.