As Israel divides Jewish communities, Yiddish draws a new generation
Francesca Rubinson, left, manager of social justice at the Workers Circle, a Jewish nonprofit in Manhattan, and her colleague, Yasha Giner, Yiddish culture and social justice organizer at the Workers Circle, exchange ideas at Giner’s desk about their work on the college ambassador program. (Photo by Nirvani Williams/NEPM)
(RNS and NPR) — The language app Duolingo reported that roughly 296,000 people around the world are studying Yiddish as of this year. An estimated 60% of them are under 25 years old.
