Advanced Yiddish with Leyzer Burko - Ukrainian Yiddish (in Yiddish)
We will explore Ukrainian Yiddish, once also widely spoken in Romania, Moldova, and Poland. It served as the standard dialect in Yiddish theater and film and was also used by famous writers like Sholem Aleichem. The Hasidic movement, as well as many of today's Hasidic groups (e.g., Skver, Breslov etc.), originated in Ukraine. Because more Jews survived in Ukraine than in Poland and Lithuania, the dialect continues to be spoken throughout the post-Soviet diaspora, even by contemporary writers (e.g., Boris Sandler).
We will explore Ukrainian Yiddish, once also widely spoken in Romania, Moldova, and Poland. It served as the standard dialect in Yiddish theater and film and was also used by famous writers like Sholem Aleichem. The Hasidic movement, as well as many of today's Hasidic groups (e.g., Skver, Breslov etc.), originated in Ukraine. Because more Jews survived in Ukraine than in Poland and Lithuania, the dialect continues to be spoken throughout the post-Soviet diaspora, even by contemporary writers (e.g., Boris Sandler).
We will explore Ukrainian Yiddish, once also widely spoken in Romania, Moldova, and Poland. It served as the standard dialect in Yiddish theater and film and was also used by famous writers like Sholem Aleichem. The Hasidic movement, as well as many of today's Hasidic groups (e.g., Skver, Breslov etc.), originated in Ukraine. Because more Jews survived in Ukraine than in Poland and Lithuania, the dialect continues to be spoken throughout the post-Soviet diaspora, even by contemporary writers (e.g., Boris Sandler).