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The Yiddish Language by Dovid Katz
August 4, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm SAST
Free
This talk looks at the origins of the Yiddish language. It goes on to look at the developments in the Germanic lands, the rise of the major East European dialects and the rise of modern Yiddish literature.
Dovid Katz, a Vilnius-based Yiddish and Holocaust scholar, has taught at Oxford, Yale and Vilnius universities. He edits the web journal Defending History and is at work on a new Yiddish Cultural Dictionary.
This event forms part of the Mervyn Smith Memorial Lecture Series
Register for events in this lecture series using the link below:
https://ctholocaust.co.za/katz/
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