Yiddish for English speakers

Dear List,
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Like many other Jewish friends born in America, my only exposure to Yiddis=
h is that it was spoken by my parents, when they didn't want us to know wh=
at they were saying. Therefore my knowledge of the language is about zero.=
 When I read this list, between the Yiddish and Cerenowitzer Deutch, I kno=
w I miss so much.
Would anyone consider conducting an on line Yiddish and Czernowitzer Germa=
n language class?
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One related point: A week or so ago there was a thread which discussed use=
 of German versus Yiddish in Czernowitz. In all my research of census reco=
rds and passenger ship listings, the mother tongue had always been listed=
 as Yiddish. Until last week. I found a 1920 census record on which a grea=
t aunt and uncle (Rose Kremenitz and Samuel Ruff) from CZ were listed as=
 having German as their mother tongue. Fits so well into the aforementione=
d thread.
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Bruce Wexler
Jackson, NJ

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