Yiddish: Strange but Familiar
The Levantini Podcast
English - August 18, 2020 14:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality Education Language Learning arabic hebrew near east linguistics archaeology middle east religion history archaeologist Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Lily Kahn is a Professor of Hebrew and Jewish languages at University College London. Professor Kahn is also a scholar of the Yiddish language and published the book Colloquial Yiddish, which can be purchased on Amazon.
In our talk, we examined the history of Yiddish, its rise, fall, and resurgence, and also how the language continues to change and develop.