The following is a lengthy article that was featured in Tablet and it talks about the revival of Yiddish and Yiddish culture ...
I read the article, with curiosity, an article that goes on and on to infiniti, and if you are somewhat of a masochist you will take the time to read it.
I found that except for three words,
"kaboles shabes," "khas v’sholem" and "Tish Nigunim,"
the whole article had absolutely nothing to do with Yiddishkeit.
The word "Judaism" doesn't appear in the entire article and neither does the word "Jew" or "Jewish" ...and of course.... ..... G-D.
The Yiddish that they do speak is not at all related to the Yiddish that most of the Yiddish speaking world speaks...
If you would listen to their Yiddish, you would find it to be a cross between Swahili and Flemish..
If they would have any allegiance to Israel, I would have some hope for this group, who come together once a year to speak in their common tongue and listen to Klezmer....
They call this a "revival"... but a "rival" of exactly what?
Most of the old "yiddishists" leaders are no longer here and their children have more or less assimilated and disappeared amongst nations of the world..
This new breed of "yiddishists" sound like a nice bunch, and I saw that they were smart enough to stay away from politics, but if I had to take a guess I would say that they are progressive liberal Jews who want a "One State" solution with the name Palestine written all over it ...
I sure hope I"m wrong...
Article after the break
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