Yiddish speaks volumes
Posted: February 4, 2010 at 4:49 a.m.
Mine is a generation that learned Yiddish because our parents didn’t want us to. To them, it was the language for keeping family secrets. They’d use it as an SOS when children happened upon a discussion considered unfit for youthful ears.
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Religion, Pages 31 on 02/04/2010
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