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2. List of English words of Yiddish origin - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).

3. Talk : Yiddish words and phrases used by English speakers

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   Oxford, and most other sources think that the word is derived from Scheuster, the name of an unscrupulous 19th century lawyer. There is no mention of it being used primarily by Yiddish speakers, although if it were, then the entry would more naturally belong in list of English words of Yiddish origin. RMoloney 11:20, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

4. League for Yiddish - Wikipedia

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   Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary (Indiana University Press/League for Yiddish, 2016; second revised and expanded edition, 2021). [ 10 ] [ 11 ] "The dictionary is the most comprehensive of its kind (English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English), and is co-edited by Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath and Dr. Paul (Hershl) Glasser , a Yiddish linguist and ...

5. Gurion Hyman - Wikipedia

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   Gurion Joseph Hyman (January 9, 1925 – December 2, 2017) was a Canadian anthropologist, linguist, pharmacist, composer, [1] artist, and translator. Primary contributions have been (a) liturgical compositions for the Passover Haggadah and Sabbath prayer service, (b) translations into English as well as the setting to music of several internationally acclaimed Yiddish poets, (c) an (ongoing ...

6. Jewish English varieties - Wikipedia

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   Jewish English is a cover term for varieties of the English language spoken by Jews. They may include significant amounts of vocabulary and syntax taken from Yiddish , and both classical and modern Hebrew .

7. Jewish English Bible translations - Wikipedia

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   Installments of the translation were released over the course of more than two decades. Alter's goals included preserving the artistry of the Hebrew language in the English translation. [25] A previous milestone was his 2004 publication of The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary. Alter aimed to reproduce in his translation the ...

8. Alexander Harkavy - Wikipedia

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   (1896), in which he shows that Yiddish has the essential elements and forms of a living language; "Don Kichot", a Judæo-German translation (1897–98); Yiddish-English (6th edition), English-Yiddish (11th edition) Dictionary (1910); The Holy Scriptures (1916) reprinted 1936 & 1951; Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary (4th ed 1928) republished 1968.

9. Jewish greetings - Wikipedia

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   Yiddish Used as a greeting for the holidays. [2] Often spelled Gut Yontif or Gut Yontiff in English transliteration. Gut'n Mo'ed: גוטן מועד: Good ḥol hamoed [ˈɡutn̩ ˈmɔjɛd] Yiddish As above (as a greeting during the chol ha-moed (intermediate days) of the Passover and Sukkot holidays), but Yiddish/English L'shanah tovah or Shana ...