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Ukrainian Jew:
Well, the census results from L'viv on Ukrainian Wikipedia say that there are 100 Yiddish-speakers in L'viv out of just less than 2.000 Jews- (1.300 speak Russian and 500 speak Ukrainian, including me). In a city of 730.000 that's not something you see walking down the street very often, so I'd have to learn it in Israel maybe? According to Wikipedia 2% of Israelis still speak Yiddish.
ChabadKahanist:
--- Quote from: Ukrainian Jew on August 04, 2014, 12:04:20 PM ---Well, the census results from L'viv on Ukrainian Wikipedia say that there are 100 Yiddish-speakers in L'viv out of just less than 2.000 Jews- (1.300 speak Russian and 500 speak Ukrainian, including me). In a city of 730.000 that's not something you see walking down the street very often, so I'd have to learn it in Israel maybe? According to Wikipedia 2% of Israelis still speak Yiddish.
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Out of the overall Israeli population most do not speak Yiddish.
Same with Jews in other parts of the world.
But amongst chareidim it is alive & vibrant.
I speak fluent Yiddish as well as Hebrew,English,German & some Russian.
But I can neither read nor write Russian.
Ukrainian Jew:
--- Quote from: ChabadKahanist on August 04, 2014, 12:46:20 PM ---Out of the overall Israeli population most do not speak Yiddish.
Same with Jews in other parts of the world.
But amongst chareidim it is alive & vibrant.
I speak fluent Yiddish as well as Hebrew,English,German & some Russian.
But I can neither read nor write Russian.
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I don't know about Haredim in L'viv but I'm sure there are some. I want to learn Yiddish because speaking only Ukrainian and (poor) English isn't enough for me, combined with the fact that some of my maternal ancestors spoke Yiddish.
ChabadKahanist:
--- Quote from: Ukrainian Jew on August 04, 2014, 02:21:49 PM ---I don't know about Haredim in L'viv but I'm sure there are some. I want to learn Yiddish because speaking only Ukrainian and (poor) English isn't enough for me, combined with the fact that some of my maternal ancestors spoke Yiddish.
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Go for it then.
Why not?
If it makes feel closer to Hashem & other Jews it is a good thing.
Ukrainian Jew:
--- Quote from: ChabadKahanist on August 04, 2014, 02:39:25 PM ---Go for it then.
Why not?
If it makes feel closer to Hashem & other Jews it is a good thing.
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Apparently there's a Yiddish academy online, I'll probably do it. One day I hope to also learn Hebrew but learning languages takes time, as I already know from English.
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