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The World Convention of YIVO (Yiddish Scientific Institute) upon the Tenth Anniversary of Its Founding
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Professor Fishl Shneerson (Warsaw): Out of great respect for YIVO…

Contributor:

YIVO

Places:

Vilna, Second Polish Republic (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1936

Subjects:

Yiddish, Scholarship, Education, Communal organizations, Writing

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Firsthand Accounts, Speeches
An Introductory Talk on the Yiddish Language
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Ahead of the first verses of the Eastern European Jewish poets, I would like to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, how much more Jargon [Yiddish] you understand than you believe you do. I am not actually…

Contributor:

Franz Kafka

Places:

Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Yiddish, Jewish languages, Language and linguistics, Performing arts, Poetry

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Speeches