Language was status in old Czernowitz.
The poor spoke only Yiddish,
Therefore Yiddish was strictly out,
Replaced by a German thay was a mockery,
But it was step in the right direction,
Then came Schiller ,Goethe. Bush
There were no public German schools,
Private schools were costly ,
Then we went to Rumania and found
Out that our Rumanian was not
that of Eminescu either.
Hardy
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From: bounce-121130758-3499476_at_list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-121130758-3499476_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Fred Weisinger
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 1:50 PM
To: Charles Polak
Cc: Ruth Levin; Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Steinberg
I am still able to read,talk & write Yiddish but alas I am not able to
use it the environment has changed.
My father may he rest in peace wrote only Yiddish letter to me which I
still have.
I also have the book of poems by Mordechai Gebirtig "Meine Lieder "
also Psalms in Yiddish. I was brought up
on a Menu of Yiddish, German and felt richer for it.
Fred. Weisinger
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