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The Star of David, known in Hebrew as the Magen David or “Shield of David,” is one of the most widely recognized symbols of Judaism today. Its six-pointed shape—a hexagram made by overlapping two equilateral triangles—carries deep associations with J
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I’ve become increasingly interested in the history behind the foods that have stayed on the table for generations. In addition to the ever popular bagel, another icon of Jewish/Yiddish culture is challah. It is served at Jewish celebrations and somet
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The bagel, a now-mainstream common breakfast item, has its roots in centuries-old Jewish life in Eastern Europe. Far more than a brunch food or supermarket staple, the bagel began as a practical and symbolic cultural staple among Ashkenazi Jews, part
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The yarmulke(Yiddish), or kippah(Hebrew) is a small cap mostly worn by Jewish men as a sign of reverence and acknowledgment of something greater than oneself. Learning more about it has helped me appreciate not just the object, but the quiet symbolis
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At this point in my learning, I have accomplished my goal of learning the Yiddish alphabet. It was a little difficult to pick it back up since I took a break from it, but I was able to familiarize myself with it enough to read my vocabulary words in
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At this point in my learning, I hope to successfully gain new vocabulary while maintaining older vocabulary. To retain what I’ve already learned, I try to review it every other day in my spare time, alongside my new vocabulary, since I’ve added both
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In my previous blog post, I mentioned vocabulary lists that I had obtained from the live online lessons I found. I have gotten through about half of the vocabulary lists, which was about 2.5 pages. The vocabulary lists are not written in Yiddish, but
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Right now I’m working on founding current online resources to start my learning journey since Yiddish is a dying language. I have found a tutor on italki and I found a zoom online that does daily yiddish lessons that focuses on learning through cultu
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