Re: [Cz-L] Resilience

Mimi,

this reminds me on an experience in Vilna, Lithuania about a year ago. Close to my hotel was the Choral Synagogue, beautiful decorated in moorish style. I was curious about the interior decoration but the building was closed whenever I passed by. I took my chance at Shabbat evening; a very old man opened and brought me to a room with other very old men. While I had a pleasant conversation with the youngest person there in English I realized the old gentlemen were talking in Yiddish with each other. This gave me the chance to follow the conversation. The topic was: those young folks don't speak Yiddish any more, they simply are not interested. After they finished the complains they continued in Russian. I guess it's similar in Czernowitz.

Christian

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> Datum: Sun, 3 Feb 2013 13:59:36 -0500
> Von: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
> An: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>
> CC: cornel fleming <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>, "\'Jacob Greenberg\'" <grs_software_at_bigpond.com>, "\'CZERNOWITZ-L\'" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>, "\'Gerhard Schreiber\'" <GERHARDRODICA_at_aol.com>
> Betreff: Re: [Cz-L] Resilience

> I believe that the home language of almost all Chernivtsi Jews,
> currently is either Ukrainian or Russian.
> The ones who speak Yiddish well, are mostly quite old and single.
>
> Mimi
> On Feb 3, 2013, at 10:49 AM, HARDY BREIER wrote:
>
> > I meant their home language.
> > Hardy
> >

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