Re: yiddish language decline?

[Brian Dichter <dbrian...>]

on 3/21/02 8:25 PM, Shirli Sieb at sieb (at) sympatico(dot)ca wrote:

> On March 21, 2002 9:01 PM, Mel Korn wrote:
> 
>> ...who could have known that Wagar High  School was a
>> hotbed of Yiddish!...
> 
> Ah, yes! My "alma mater".  I attended from 1966 to 1969.  During my time,
> the school's population was around 92% Jewish.
> The school literally closed down on Jewish holidays.
> 
> A hotbed of Yiddish?    The school's newspaper was the "Wagar Watch".  One
> issue, the paper's staff decided to change
> the name to the "Wagar Zager".   The Principal was not amused.
> 
> I don't know if they still do this currently, but up until a few years ago,
> the city of Cote St Luc would host a Yiddish (and Klezmer) Culture Festival
> during August.  I suspect that this is what eventually evolved into the Klez
> Kanada festival.
> 
> Ed Sieb

Is the Klez Kanada festival related to the Ashkenaz Festival
<http://www.ashkenazfestival.org/> or is that separate?

brian

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