Artificial Intelligence AI could probably do an Atlas of the dialects from the books

Not Jewish but so interesting.

this is my great uncle

Is there a reference/title for Yudl Mark’s 1938-9 essay in Yidish Far Ale that Katz references at 49:53 about the then-collapsing case system?

What a wonderful lecture! Thank you for this video.

It would have been easy for Shakespeare to have written “To live, or not to live. That is the question.” But he didn’t. “זײַן אָדער נישט זײַן”

How fortunate we were to have Daniel to instill in us the love of the Yiddish language. I still speak fluently and write poetry. She always made herself available to talk . When my mother was at Gary Smogan House we held a Haskar for the residents and she made herself available to speak. She played a Mager roll in my youth and I will be forever grateful. Luba Hozenbol

Thank you for this interesting video about someone I had never heard of!

amazing footage excerpt from 1936 "al khet" - had not seen this before (but this is NOT the 'first Yiddish talkie' by a long shot. For instance "Uncle Moses" was released in 1932)

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ماشاءاللہ

In the big argument between Sfardim and Ashkenazim about the blessing after food whether to say Khahy Hoylomim - with a Passach, meaning the one that now lives forever, or Khey Hoylomim - with a Tzeirei, meaning the forever-living one, The Galicianers have a win-win situation. They say Khahy, with a Tzahyrahy - which sounds like a Passach and you can decide which you think it is. The four most common words used in Yiddish are the Hebrew words Boruch Attoh Adoynoy Eloyheinu . Blessed art thou my Lords our Gods. If you follow the war in Ukraine and are exposed to the city name of Lviv, you realize something about local Slavic languages and dialects. I don't think the division is Litvish vs. Poylish, only if you were living in the enlightened cities of the north, hardly knowing what was actually happening in the wild south. But If you look throughout the Yiddish locations it is clear that there were THREE dialects. What you call Poylish, is actually two very different dialects. Read Shlomo Tzemach's book about coming to the settlement of Rishon Letzion when they vow to follow Herzl to Uganda and he steps up to speak in Hebrew with his Galicianer accent. Or meet with the shul in Yerushalayim It is clear to anyone familiar with the prayers of the three different Jewish dialects that there was one main Eastern European dialect Poylish Komotz Khoylem Shuruk Ayin (Blessings as above, Yisroel Yaakoyv Ovinu un Moyshe Rabeinu. With two variants: 1. Galicianer Kumetz Shirik Tzahyrahy, Ayin, (Burich Attu HaShime Eloikahyni, (Yi)Srule Yangkev Uvini in Moyshe Rabahyni. This dialect was developed for reasons of Feminism. Hi Eloykahyni - She is our Gods. Equivalent to the Austrailian "Have you come here to die? No I came here yesterday (Now, I kime hea yester die.) 2. Litvish Kheilom, and Sin, Boruch Ato Haseim Ellekeinu, Yisrol Yakif Ovinu un Meishe Rabeinu. This dialect is heard in Chabad shuls (Listen to the Lubavitcher tapes) and by survivors of Mir Yeshiva still davening in Israel today. These three variations coincided with politics, the adoption of modernity, and as so, also with religion and Christian denominations. Yiddish and the local Jewish culture followed very closely to the local populations. I can point you to shuls where you can hear the Chazen praying in one of these dialects to this very day. Sefirah by Litvish begin: Vihi Neiam Adeinei Eleiheinu Oleinu Umaeese Yodeinu Keineneihu. My name in Litvish is Meishe. In Galicien: Moyshee, In Poylish Moysheh. In Yemenite Meshaa, in Sfardi: moSheh, by Rusians mahSheh, and in Israeli, Mawsheh. Arabs say Mussa. And I call myself Mussa Yashir, meaning direct object and also the Moses who will sing.

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The gentleman is trying to use a spelling pronunciation in Yiddish, but he originally spoke Polish Yiddish. The result is that his pronunciation is influenced to a certain extent by Polish Yiddish phonology. ER VOLT BADARFT ZEKH HALTN BAM EMESN UN RIKHTIKN MAMELOSHN FUN DER ALTER HEYM. ER HOT BELI-SOFEK DI BESTE KAVONES UN MIR VINTSHN EM HATSLOKHE UN SHEFERISHE UFTUEN. [This comment has been written by a professional Yiddish (French and Slavic) linguist whose native language is Yiddish. He has taught authentic Yiddish to thousands of college students. ]

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maud died in 1956 right after he found out that all of his close Jewish friends in the USSR had been killed by Stalin. He had been a fervent communist and this destroyed him. He realized that he and so many others had been duped by the "workers' paradise", the Soviet gan eden.

Amazing presentation. Where can we watch the rest of the film but Cotler?

Wonderful.

It strikes me that the division of YIVO and Haridi Yiddish is very like that between Western and Eastern Armenian, inasmuch as Eastern Armenian still retains a state, where Western Armenian, expelled from the Ottoman world, is a diasporic language with no - well, few - villages or town districts where is is intensively spoken. All the classes I come across - well, almost all - are Western Armenian, which feels like the secular Yiddish culture of education.

The young fellow in this clip needs to learn some compassion and tolerance the narrow minded bastard that he is.

Wow, this is wonderful!!

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Is there a recording? Wild!

Wow! where can I watch the whole thing?

I am the historian of my family Jewish bloodline in USA beyond 1860s Poland it is very difficult to to trace when and where they came,interesting thought occurs to me since I have writings from them in their native Yiddish tounge ,would it be possible to trace back their movements across Europe base on this dialectology your speaking of

Amazing lecture!

Excellent, keep up the good work. Next time please say something about the input from Slavic languages, and any connection you may see between Yiddish and לשון כנען.

"once amol... Once again." I laughed.

What a brilliant and fascinating man. Thank very much for uploading this

Mr. Katz has been making the following mistake in Yiddish for years; the time has come to correct it. At the beginning of his interviews he gives the date: e. g. "Haint iz DEM TSVANTSIKSTN DETSEMBER; the use of the accusative case in this sentence is incorrect, and there is no doubt about this. The correct version is: Haint iz DER TSVANTSIKSTER DETSEMBER (predicate nominative). DEM TSVANTSIKSTN DETSEMBER means 'on December twentieth'. For example: Er iz gikumen aher DEM TSVANTSIKSTN DETSEMBER. The accusative case is also used as a heading in letters and in newspaper articles. S'IZ KEYNMOL NIT TSU SHPET TSU FARRIKHTN A GRAIZ. [This comment has been written by a professional Yiddish linguist whose mother tongue is Yiddish. He has taught Yiddish to thousands of college students and was a Yiddish journalist for many years.]

Dear Professor Katz, Thank you greatly for your role in the preservation of the Yiddish language and literature. Being familiar with the decline of the various Celtic languages, I feel the same sadness when I consider the Yiddish language. Often I turn on the podcasts of the Satmar and Lubavitcher communities out of New York, don't understand a word but it pleases me that those groups are maintaining their culture and religion. (I am of Irish Catholic background). Again, my very best wishes in all you do. Steve

SHALOM ! : ONE MORE AGAIN : IS THERE SOME RELATION -INFLUENCE : THE PERSECUTION TO THE YIDDISH WITH DESTRUCTION OF THE GREAT TARTHARIA ( SCYTHIANS) & IT BECAME A BIG-HOLE INTO THE MANIPULATED-KNOWN-MANKIND-HISTORY ? ! DO YOU KNOW SOME-INFORMATION ABOUT IT ? ! : BECAUSE IT WAS ON SAME-DATES & SAME-PLACE FOR ,PERHAPS ,SAME-EVENTS ! THANKS A LOT !

SHALOM! : DOES HAVE SOME :TARTATIAN (FROM THE ANCIENT GREAT TARTARIA OR SCYTHIANS)INFLUENCE(ROOTS-WORDS ETC) IN THE YIDDISH , ?!

I tried looking for where to buy the Yiddish magazine מעלות that Dovid mentioned. Do you know where to find it?

In Yiddish, they'd call Dave Boy "a vilder khayya" (a real mod boychik"). I expected the worst, but this was an amazing presentation. Besides your elimination of Judaeo-Arabic as a seminal Jewish language (for c. 600 years), I think your ideas and sentiments are outstanding. I'd like to think that you find L.J. beats the pants off I.B.. Wish you the best. (I.B. would say, this program could only come of of Australia.)

Yiddish: the only language in the world in which you cannot give military commands.

Redden idish.

This is wonderful, a hartsikn dank!

My aunt's third husband used to make fun of the Litvak dialect by saying you couldn't tell whether they were asking: "וואָס האט די מיידל צו וואַשן די פיש?" versus "וואָס האט אַ מיידל צווישן די פֿיס?" Both sounded like, "Vus hot a Meidel tzvissen de Fis."🤣

Did Dovid Katz grow up in the same neighborhood as Rodger Rabbit?

Big big thank you Dovid Katz for the lectures , Yiddish history, and the numerous,numerous interviews with survivors of Yiddish language in Eastern Europe !! It’s priceless and valuable!!

THIS EXPLANATION IS JUST AMAZING!!!!!! שכוייחחחחחח

zay ga zint

Very much heart. Beautiful.

Please, would you put up the Yiddish text as well?

I’ve enjoyed watching the talented Karen Feldman perform from her days in kindergarten at Sholem Aleichem College to the elegant star of Yiddish song she is today. Very proud of having her in our Kadimah cohort!!

Most excellent and quite an unexpected find. Request: 'The Quality of Mercy'????

אַזױ שײן פֿאָרגעלײנט! אַ מחיה צו צו הערן.