Re: yiddish language decline?

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

Mazl tov, Brian, on your engagement.  Nu, who is going to play for the 
khasene? :-)

Brian Dichter wrote:

>on 3/21/02 8:00 PM, Mel Korn at mkorn (at) rogers(dot)com wrote:
>
>>How ironic that I take such pride today in my ability to communicate in
>>Yiddish, and that my personal musical education began in my 40's as a quest
>>to learn to play Klezmer music, which I grew to love. However I rarely find
>>contemporaries with whom I can converse in Yiddish, or who share my passion
>>for Jewish music. My kids and their contemporaries look at me as if I were
>>an alien when I play any kind of Jewish music, be it the music of my parents
>>generation, or new Klezmer recordings (we won't even mention the reaction I
>>got the one time I played one of John Zorn's recordings). Coltrane or Bird
>>yes...Andy Statman or The Flying Bulgurs no. So for me Yiddish is somewhat
>>alive...for my kids it will be some cultural relic related to their
>>heritage.
>>
>I was hoping to convince my fiancee to learn Yiddish with me. But, I'm
>already a "freak" due to the endless hours of Klezmer I blast all the time
>at home. 8) Liz won't sit still for John Zorn but, fortunately, she likes
>Andy Statman AND Coltrane.
>
>I guess taking a course would be helpful as long as it focuses on
>conversation too.
>
>brian
>
>
>

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