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

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The first international conference in support of theYiddish language.
 An international conference on Yiddish language and its role in Jewish life
was convened from 30 August to 4 September 1908 in Czernowitz

 From the Internet .

Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Abraham Kogan" <akogan_at_netvision.net.il>
To: "'Helene Ryding'" <hryding_at_yahoo.co.uk>; "'Czernowitz Genealogy and
History'" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 11:32 AM
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] First international conference in support of the Yiddish
language held in Czernowitz

> Hi,
> As far as I remember, the International Yiddish conference was held in
> 1909
> and not in 1908.
>
> Abraham K.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-63806445-3499314_at_list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-63806445-3499314_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Helene
> Ryding
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 10:14 PM
> To: Czernowitz Genealogy and History
> Subject: [Cz-L] First international conference in support of the Yiddish
> language held in Czernowitz
>
> Dear Listers
>
> 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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