Re: Learning Yiddish

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>Has anyone on the Jewish music list had success teaching themselves Yiddish? 
>If so, I would greatly appreciate hearing about your experience.  I'm pretty
>competent in synagogue Hebrew (can daven, leyn, etc.), but have no knowledge
>of German.  Are there effective materials out there (tapes, books) that you
>can recommend?

A great place to find Yiddish resources is the Mendele list.
They have a web page which also simplifies access to the
archives:

   http://www2.trincoll.edu/~mendele/

ari


Ari Davidow
ari (at) ivritype(dot)com
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