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Social media activist asks Jerusalemites why Yiddish is important

JL;DR SUMMARY Yirmiyahu Danzig, a social media activist of Caribbean and Ashkenazi descent, explores the relevance of Yiddish in Israel through interviews with Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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JerusalemYiddishHaredi CommunitiesSocial Media ActivismLanguage And IdentityYirmiyahu DanzigOld YishuvPerushimInter Community DialogueLithuanian Yiddish

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"Danzig created a video in the Haredi Jerusalem neighborhoods of Mea Shearim and Geulah in which he approaches people on the street with a microphone."
Jaffa, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"I watched him move seamlessly between Jewish and Arab worlds in Jerusalem and Jaffa."
San Diego, California, United States
"Danzig was raised in San Diego, with a father from Israel and a mother from Guyana."
Guyana
"Danzig was raised in San Diego, with a father from Israel and a mother from Guyana."

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