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Where does the word ‘Yenta’ come from?
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published May 26, 2022
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Yiddish Word(s): If you’re feeling Farblóndzhet, you probably still using Mapquest
Jordan Palmer
• Published March 14, 2022
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Yiddish word(s) of the day: “He has as much sense….”
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 24, 2022
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Yiddish word(s) of the day: I’ll have a ‘love’ on rye?
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 11, 2022
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This new video of a classic Yiddish song will make you plotz
Lior Zaltzman
• Published October 11, 2021
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The funny Yiddish things my Bubbe/Zayde said
Jordan Palmer
• Published September 21, 2021
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Yiddish Wit Of The Week: A yid hot akht un tsvantsik…
Published August 3, 2021
![James Carville tells Democrats to ‘start speaking Yiddish’](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/USATSI_11236588-900x622.jpg)
James Carville tells Democrats to ‘start speaking Yiddish’
PJ GISAR, THE FORWARD
• Published April 28, 2021
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Yiddish word of the week | Chazerai כאַזער
RABBI BEN NEWMAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 26, 2021
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Yiddish word of the week | Hock–האַק
Rabbi Ben Newman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 19, 2021
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An inside look at NJT’s new season; St. Louis art notes
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published September 26, 2019
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Yiddish groups help keep language alive in St. Louis
BY BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 2, 2018
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