A Yiddish and English book for young kids, just in time for Hanukkah
The book, called "Gevald!" ("Uh-Oh!"), was translated from Faroese — an Old Norse-based language like Icelandic
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Earlier, Hannah S. Pressman wrote about the idea behind “Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture” and when she first began to study Yiddish. Her blog posts are featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog Series. For more information on the series, please visit:…
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