10-15-2010, 09:59 PM
Marc, I love that Belarus Order of Red Banner of Labor! :thumbsup
Regarding Yiddish, not sure what we are arguing about since it IS primarily a German language, just written in Hebrew letters. It ranged from common to prevalent for Jews in Central Europe and in the Pale of Settlement.. So it was common for Jews in Belarus, for example.
Hebrew as a spoken language really only began to be revived with Ben Yehudah and the activists of the 19th century.
Regarding the USSR and the Jewish "question," we know what started happening in 1948-1953..
George
Regarding Yiddish, not sure what we are arguing about since it IS primarily a German language, just written in Hebrew letters. It ranged from common to prevalent for Jews in Central Europe and in the Pale of Settlement.. So it was common for Jews in Belarus, for example.
Hebrew as a spoken language really only began to be revived with Ben Yehudah and the activists of the 19th century.
Regarding the USSR and the Jewish "question," we know what started happening in 1948-1953..
George
