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Re: Boy are you a Yekke or what?

  Yekke refers to a German word: Jacke, which means jacket. German Jews were often called Yekke because they had a tendency to dress secularly...in jackets and ties as opposed to in tunics, etc. My ex-husband taught me the word years ago, as a way to explain the German Jewish part of his family who would be deeply offended to be referred to as anything but "of the Hebraic persuasion." It's really a way of saying that someone is being hoity toity, (particularly if they are German speakers)....or as my Bubbe Elke would say: hoitche toitche.

       Love and knishes,

           Trudi the G

>From: glenn tamir
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant
>Subject: Boy are you a Yekke or what?
>Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 14:06:33 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Let me explain it to you. First of all, one need not
>be from German or Austrian descent in order to be
>defined as a yekke (as you clearly have illustrated
>for all of us). Secondly, I never even knew there was
>an Alaskan language or dialect. Perhaps you could do
>your next doctoral thesis on this and get back to the
>list with your findings.
>
>Hi, Glenn--
>
>Do not understand your (marvelously precise, one-word)
>reply. A
>"yekke"--it's just a transliteration, I guess, and can
>be spelled
>several
>ways; though the way you did makes it sound Alaskan or
>something--is a
>German Jew or one born of same, which sure isn't me.
>Or, obviously,
>one
>with the characteristics usually ascribed to
>some--which also sure
>isn't
>me!!
>
>So nu (as I think German Jews *don't* say ...)?
>
>--rlc
>
>
> >From: glenn tamir
> >Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant
>
> >Subject: Re: She said/He said???
> >Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 13:32:09 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Boy are you a yekki (sp?) or what!
>
>
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