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• YIDDISH LANGUAGE — YIDDISH LANGUAGE, language used by Ashkenazi Jews for the past 1,000 years. Developed as an intricate fusion of several unpredictably modified stocks, the language was gradually molded to serve a wide range of communicative needs. As the society… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Yiddish theatre — consists of plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish, the language of the Eastern European Ashkenazi Jewish community. The range of Yiddish theatre is broad: operetta, musical comedy, and satiric or nostalgic revues; melodrama;… …   Wikipedia

• Yiddish — ייִדיש Parlée aux États Unis, Israël, Brésil, Belgique, Ukraine, Biélorussie, Russie, Canada, France, Argentine et nombreux autres pays Région Israël et diaspora juive. Fortes concentrations de locuteurs à New York (États Unis), et …   Wikipédia en Français

• YIDDISH (LANGUE, LITTÉRATURE ET THÉÂTRE) — Le yiddish est la principale langue utilisée au cours du dernier millénaire par les Juifs ashkénazes, c’est à dire les groupes juifs établis en Allemagne et en France depuis le temps de Charlemagne, en Bohême, en Pologne, en Lituanie, en Ukraine …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Yiddish dialects — are varieties of the Yiddish language. These dialects are divided by originating region in Europe. Northeastern Litvish Yiddish was dominant in twentieth century Yiddish culture and academia, while Southern dialects of Yiddish are now the most… …   Wikipedia

• Yiddish words used by English-speaking Jews — Yiddish words may be used in a primarily English language context. An English sentence that uses these words sometimes is said to be in Yinglish, however the primary meaning of Yinglish is an anglicism used in Yiddish. This secondary sense of the …   Wikipedia

• yiddish — [ jidiʃ ] n. m. inv. • 1907; yudish 1864; mot angl., transcription de l all. jüdisch « juif », adj. ♦ Ensemble des parlers germaniques des communautés juives d Europe orientale (et autrefois d Allemagne). ⇒ judéo allemand. Adj. inv. La… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Yiddish theatre —    Yiddish theatre, which emerged in Europe in the early 18th century, flourished in European capitals and in America, particularly New York City, from the late 19th to the mid 20th century. Focused on dramas by Jews written and performed in… …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

• Yiddish Art Theatre —    Yiddish theatre actor Maurice Schwartz initially established the Yiddish Art Theatre in 1918 at the Irving Place Theatre, but built a new theatre for it on Second Avenue soon after. The company stressed Yiddish theatre traditions and was… …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

• Yiddish words in English — Yiddish is a vernacular language used by European Jews, based chiefly on High German with Hebrew and Slavonic borrowings, and written in Hebrew characters. English, especially AmE, has adopted many words and phrases from Yiddish in the last two… …   Modern English usage

• Yiddish — 1875, from Yiddish yidish, from M.H.G. jüdisch Jewish (in phrase jüdisch deutsch Jewish German ), from jude Jew, from O.H.G. judo, from L. Judaeus (see JEW (Cf. Jew)). The English word has been re borrowed in German as jiddisch …   Etymology dictionary