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Wednesday December 25, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm EST
Like many languages, Yiddish has jargons used by various trades, such as butchers. However, Yiddish also has a musicians' jargon, klezmer-loshn, which is best known from Sholem Aleichem's 1888 novel "Stempenyu." Let's get to know this overlooked linguistic code.
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Paul (Hershl) Glasser

Paul Glasser has a doctorate in linguistics from Columbia University. He reads and writes about a number of languages, above all Yiddish. He is co-editor of the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, is a former academic dean at YIVO, and has served on the board of numerous Yiddish... Read More →
Wednesday December 25, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm EST
503 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012

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