he Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) presents a lecture, The Story of Yiddish: The Language of Belonging, by Linda F. Burghardt, Ph.D., Scholar-in-Residence at HMTC, on Friday, December 4, 2015 at 11 a.m. The lecture will take place at HMTC, Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove, NY. There is no fee to attend the lecture.
For many of us, the earliest words we remember learning as children were in Yiddish, the language of home, of family, of warmth and cooking and close-knit community. But where did Yiddish come from? What are its roots? In this presentation Dr. Burghardt will tell the story of Yiddish, from its origins in the Middle Ages to its steep decline after the Holocaust.
She will also talk about the enormous literary, musical and scholarly contributions made in Yiddish throughout history and its interconnectedness with the traditions of Yiddishkeit, and examine rumors of its surprising resurgence in modern culture around the world – is Yiddish still the best language in which to complain? To insult someone? To connect with our past?
