Viswanath said the symbol represents the foundation of the Yiddish alphabet ... “Repeat and repeat yet again/‘Komets-alef: o!’” The white-and-blue color scheme was coincidental, Viswanath ...

But even if you can read Hebrew, you still need to learn the Yiddish version of the alef-beys. There are significant differences between how the alphabet is used in Hebrew and how it’s used in ...

When the website decided to develop a course in Yiddish, it found itself in a pickle: What flag should represent a language whose speakers have long been spread around the globe? An online survey ...

Yang Meng (by the screen) taught the Alef-beys using a clip from “Schindler’s List.” On the board, “I am from China” is written in English, German and Yiddish, as all three are Germanic ...

Yiddish, the historic language of Jews in Europe and Russia, was once nearly extinguished. But now Jews drawn to the language for different reasons are keeping Yiddish alive. Before World War II ...