DER YIDDISH-VINKL; A WEEKLY BRIEFING ON THE MOTHER TONGUE

Forward, January, 2005

Forward 01-28-2005 The news item that the inimitable Stanley Siegelman chose for his column this week is the announcement that California's Stanford University is now offering a three-year program in the study of Yiddish literature. Here it is, in Siegelman's very own brand of Yinglish -- a mix of Yiddish and English. Der Kosher "U" Bay California's Stanford U Shtudirt men vi tsu zayn a Jew! Dos iz, m'lernt dort vi azoy Tsu redn Mama Loshn.

Oy! Talmidim zogn s'iz okay Ven rekhts tsu links gor lezn zey. Fayn Yiddish leynt men -- alemen! Nor vu? In Forverts! Ha! (Vu den?) Un tsu der "editor in chief" Zey shraybn (tsu dem Bintl Brief) M'redt nor Yiddish yen in school! Bay dem iz Mama Loshn "cool." Ven Shabes kumt, men arbit nit Far UJA...

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