When I was in Tel Aviv this summer, after many hours spent studying and learning Yiddish while speaking almost if not entirely Yiddish, I often decided to spend some time wandering around the city or exploring. Maybe it was because I had been speaking Yiddish all day, or maybe I was just tired from the heat, but in more than one instance, I found myself speaking Yiddish to people on the street, usually to their bewilderment. Often I found myself saying \u05d2\u05d5\u05d8 \u05de\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05d2\u05df or \u05d0\u05b7 \u05d3\u05d0\u05b7\u05e0\u05e7 when passing people on the street or buying groceries. One time I remember specifically, I was at the market downtown with my classmates Jesse and Flora, where we had been speaking Yiddish to avoid being pegged as American tourists. At some point, I was separated from the other two and I went up to a vendor to ask them what they sold. I said “?\u05f0\u05d0\u05b8\u05e1 \u05d0\u05d9\u05d6 \u05d3\u05d0\u05b8\u05e1”, and was met with confusion, as is expected, at which point I realized my mistake, and apologized “\u05d6\u05f2\u05b7\u05d8 \u05de\u05d9\u05e8 \u05de\u05d5\u05d4\u05dc”! To top it off, afterward as I walked away I murmured “\u05d0\u05b7 \u05d3\u05d0\u05b7\u05e0\u05e7”. All this is to say, the program certainly put Yiddish at the forefront of my mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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