And (to my delight) Lawler is pandering to Yiddish-speaking constituents *who don't use that word that way*
November 2, 2026 at 3:59 AM
And (to my delight) Lawler is pandering to Yiddish-speaking constituents *who don't use that word that way*
I love Yiddish, the sound of it, its humor and world view, the art of culture of the interwar Yiddish cultural high tide
but I can't help but feel weird about the way people write about Yiddish today, as if its some answer to a more authentic American Jewish identity
but I can't help but feel weird about the way people write about Yiddish today, as if its some answer to a more authentic American Jewish identity
November 2, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I love Yiddish, the sound of it, its humor and world view, the art of culture of the interwar Yiddish cultural high tide
but I can't help but feel weird about the way people write about Yiddish today, as if its some answer to a more authentic American Jewish identity
but I can't help but feel weird about the way people write about Yiddish today, as if its some answer to a more authentic American Jewish identity
just in general gentiles are getting way too fucking comfortable throwing yiddish around; I would not use the word 'kapo' even if it felt appropriate because it's not For Me
November 2, 2026 at 3:55 AM
just in general gentiles are getting way too fucking comfortable throwing yiddish around; I would not use the word 'kapo' even if it felt appropriate because it's not For Me
Seen some debate over the past couple of days on who should/shouldn’t use Yiddish.
As a Jewish New Yorker from a mixed-faith home, I feel that certain Yiddish words (eg, mensch) are now loanwords into the New York dialect of American English. I wouldn’t police New Yorkers using them.
HOWEVER,
As a Jewish New Yorker from a mixed-faith home, I feel that certain Yiddish words (eg, mensch) are now loanwords into the New York dialect of American English. I wouldn’t police New Yorkers using them.
HOWEVER,
November 3, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Seen some debate over the past couple of days on who should/shouldn’t use Yiddish.
As a Jewish New Yorker from a mixed-faith home, I feel that certain Yiddish words (eg, mensch) are now loanwords into the New York dialect of American English. I wouldn’t police New Yorkers using them.
HOWEVER,
As a Jewish New Yorker from a mixed-faith home, I feel that certain Yiddish words (eg, mensch) are now loanwords into the New York dialect of American English. I wouldn’t police New Yorkers using them.
HOWEVER,
Hey don’t use Yiddish if you aren’t Jewish you sound ridiculous like those white people who post shit like “we been knew and that’s the tea sis”
November 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Hey don’t use Yiddish if you aren’t Jewish you sound ridiculous like those white people who post shit like “we been knew and that’s the tea sis”
Yiddish Time
Today we look at a Yiddish saying that holds very true in our times and is self explanatory.
Money buys everything except common sense.
Far gelt bakumt men alts, nor keyn sechel nit.
Today we look at a Yiddish saying that holds very true in our times and is self explanatory.
Money buys everything except common sense.
Far gelt bakumt men alts, nor keyn sechel nit.
November 1, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Yiddish Time
Today we look at a Yiddish saying that holds very true in our times and is self explanatory.
Money buys everything except common sense.
Far gelt bakumt men alts, nor keyn sechel nit.
Today we look at a Yiddish saying that holds very true in our times and is self explanatory.
Money buys everything except common sense.
Far gelt bakumt men alts, nor keyn sechel nit.
Non-Jews…I’m sorry, but we need to have a talk about the Yiddish.
Mike Lawler: "Chuck Schumer is a Shanda -- a disgrace"
(Lawler is Catholic, not Jewish)
(Lawler is Catholic, not Jewish)
November 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Non-Jews…I’m sorry, but we need to have a talk about the Yiddish.
This is incorrect, and it’s based on the Yiddish stories by Sholem Aleichem
October 31, 2026 at 4:06 PM
This is incorrect, and it’s based on the Yiddish stories by Sholem Aleichem
Some of us non-Jews were in college before we realized that words we used without a second thought were in fact Yiddish …
Hey don’t use Yiddish if you aren’t Jewish you sound ridiculous like those white people who post shit like “we been knew and that’s the tea sis”
November 2, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Some of us non-Jews were in college before we realized that words we used without a second thought were in fact Yiddish …
I gotta brush up on my Yiddish, not entirely sure why, but I have mistakenly thought Shanda meant the opposite of its real meaning.
Mike Lawler: "Chuck Schumer is a Shanda -- a disgrace"
(Lawler is Catholic, not Jewish)
(Lawler is Catholic, not Jewish)
November 2, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I gotta brush up on my Yiddish, not entirely sure why, but I have mistakenly thought Shanda meant the opposite of its real meaning.
I mean I just assume as a non-yiddish speaker I don't know all the nuances
November 2, 2026 at 3:59 AM
I mean I just assume as a non-yiddish speaker I don't know all the nuances
Gentile philosemites love the Jews so much that they will unabashedly use Yiddish terms to delineate which Jews are actually Bad For The Jews. And I have to tell you, it doesn't feel great!
November 2, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Gentile philosemites love the Jews so much that they will unabashedly use Yiddish terms to delineate which Jews are actually Bad For The Jews. And I have to tell you, it doesn't feel great!
Nerve of him to use Yiddish as well, fuck him.
November 1, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Nerve of him to use Yiddish as well, fuck him.
Actually I retract this statement.
Anyone right of center is banned from Yiddish until we can figure out what's going on.
Anyone right of center is banned from Yiddish until we can figure out what's going on.
November 2, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Actually I retract this statement.
Anyone right of center is banned from Yiddish until we can figure out what's going on.
Anyone right of center is banned from Yiddish until we can figure out what's going on.
אַידיש ליד יעדען טאָג: ״אַױ ס׳אַיז שײַן״ אַױפֿגעפֿירט פֿון לודמילאַ שאַפּיראַ
Yiddish Song of the Day: "C'est Si Bon" in Yiddish, performed by Ludmila Shapiro #Yiddish #YiddishSongoftheDay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2q0...
Yiddish Song of the Day: "C'est Si Bon" in Yiddish, performed by Ludmila Shapiro #Yiddish #YiddishSongoftheDay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2q0...
C'est si bon (It is nice) Yiddish version OY, S’IZ SHEYN, LUDMILA SHAPIRA sings אוי, ס'איז שיין
YouTube video by Yiddish Songs with Translation by Arye
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2026 at 2:08 PM
אַידיש ליד יעדען טאָג: ״אַױ ס׳אַיז שײַן״ אַױפֿגעפֿירט פֿון לודמילאַ שאַפּיראַ
Yiddish Song of the Day: "C'est Si Bon" in Yiddish, performed by Ludmila Shapiro #Yiddish #YiddishSongoftheDay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2q0...
Yiddish Song of the Day: "C'est Si Bon" in Yiddish, performed by Ludmila Shapiro #Yiddish #YiddishSongoftheDay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2q0...
In which Mike Lawler, a Catholic, uses a Yiddish term to berate Chuck Schumer, a Jew, for calling Haley Stevens, a Protestant, “despicable” for endorsing against their party’s nominee, a Muslim
Mike Lawler: "Chuck Schumer is a Shanda -- a disgrace"
(Lawler is Catholic, not Jewish)
(Lawler is Catholic, not Jewish)
November 2, 2026 at 3:24 PM
In which Mike Lawler, a Catholic, uses a Yiddish term to berate Chuck Schumer, a Jew, for calling Haley Stevens, a Protestant, “despicable” for endorsing against their party’s nominee, a Muslim
"Yiddish" in Yiddish also just means "Jewish", though
October 29, 2026 at 11:21 AM
"Yiddish" in Yiddish also just means "Jewish", though
Depends on the Yiddish being used and who's using it. It's been very funny hearing people think "the whole megillah" is an Irish expression.
November 2, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Depends on the Yiddish being used and who's using it. It's been very funny hearing people think "the whole megillah" is an Irish expression.
translation (of the yiddish?)
November 1, 2026 at 10:48 PM
translation (of the yiddish?)
Our friends Reyna Schaechter and Isaac Bleaman spoke with the @jewishlanguageproj.bsky.social podcast "Heritage Words" about meeting through Yiddish, our Yiddish Week, and raising Yiddish-speaking children
The All-Yiddish Household in California: Reyna Schaechter & Isaac Bleaman
YouTube video by Jewish Language Project
youtube.com
October 30, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Our friends Reyna Schaechter and Isaac Bleaman spoke with the @jewishlanguageproj.bsky.social podcast "Heritage Words" about meeting through Yiddish, our Yiddish Week, and raising Yiddish-speaking children
Really, they should be banned from non-Yiddish words too.
November 2, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Really, they should be banned from non-Yiddish words too.
Honestly, random silly Yiddish loanwords are our gift to the world. Bupkis is a good one.
November 3, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Honestly, random silly Yiddish loanwords are our gift to the world. Bupkis is a good one.