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| Monday, June 30, 2003 |
Mazal tov: Who says Yiddish is a dying language? The word "Oy" has finally made it into the new 11th edition of the classic Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary which hits stores this week. The new edition contains 10,000 new words since the last version which was published 10 years ago. It's a good start, but it's not mamash a peleh.
The dictionary is not the only place where Yiddish is getting its second wind. According to an article in this week's Atlanta Jewish Times (which the newspaper does not put up on their Web site), Emory University is trying to raise $2 million with the hope of being the first non-Northern college to offer a Yiddish program next year. We wish them well, but they're going to need a bissel mazel for it to come to fruition.
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