Sunday 29 March 2009

Yiddish the struggle for survival - podcast

Dennis Marks presents a fascinating look at the Yiddish language, its fortunes and a micro-revival in New York. Originally aired on the BBC, you can download it directly:

Millions of Yiddish speakers may have perished in the 20th century and millions of others have been discouraged from learning the language, but depsite this, Yiddish is still alive.

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