[Cz-L] First international conference in support of the Yiddish language held in Czernowitz

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A friend on Facebook pointed out this Facebook page to me: https://www.facebook.com/yiddishkayt, and today's news.

Today in Yiddishkayt (8/30) | Czernowitz Yiddish Conference (3 photos)
Today marks the anniversary of the opening of the first international conference in support of the Yiddish language, which was convened from August 30 to September, 4 1908 in Czernowitz (today Chernivtsi, Ukraine). The agenda included discussions on Yiddish schools; the Yiddish press, theater, and literature; the tendency for young people to prefer Hebrew or major coterritorial non-Jewish languages; and the overall status of Yiddish as “THE” national or only “A” national language of the Jewish people.

Helene Ryding
hryding_at_yahoo.co.uk

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