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Chicagoare looking for the right Yiddish Language Meetup!
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Lydia L.When a new Meetup starts, I pledge: "I promise to attend the first meeting" "I can chip in money toward group expenses" "I'm happy to bring some food to our meeting" |
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Jan"I want these local Meetups because I am a performer who wants to incorporate Yiddish language and Yiddish music into my act..... it is a part of my history and my soul." |
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lara"I don't speak Yiddish a bit, but my great-grandparents did, and I'd sure like to learn. I do speak Russian & French & a little Spanish, so I should learn quickly!" |
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Elisa Steinberg"native speaker of Yiddish, born in Uruguay. Yiddish quite forgotten due to my having to learn English, but willing to work on recovering my language." |
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davidgrotell"Sholem aleichem Yiddn. I am stuck in the boonies in Carbondale IL, with gornisht for Yiddish activities. i make it to Chicago ayn mol in a novena, but only on weekends. Please let me know about any Yiddish events that happen on a weekend." |
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Sam Dorevitch" Ich red a bissl Yiddish, but not much more than that. Meeting with the group is a great chance to speak with people for whom Yiddish is their mammaloshen. " |
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Alexis"I want local Beadwork Meetups because I love to bead" |
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Fela"My parents are survivors. Looking for volunteers to finish translating my grandmother's Zloczew Yizkor Book from Yiddish to English. Can your group help me? E-mail: tzippy_chs@msn.com. http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/zloczew/zloczew.html " |
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Sema" Until 2005, I studied Yiddish once a week for 9 years. I love the Yiddish language and want to use it whenever possible." |
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Bev Rocklin"Ich gedenk Yiddish fun kikdvais ohn. Es iz far mir a fargenign oisredn un hern a vort Yiddish." |
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MILTON DILLER"I AM 75 YEARS OLD. I GREW UP ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO. I SPOKE YIDDISH BEFORE I SPOKE ENGLISH, BUT HAVE FORGOTTEN MOST OF IT. I RECENTLY ATTENDED CLASSES TO LEARN TO READ YIDDISH. WE LIVED IN WEST ROGER'S PARK FOR 25 YEARS AND ATTENDED CONGREGATIO" |
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Lynda Zimmerman"Hi, My name is Lynda. I Would love meeting up at fairly convenient place to chat and make friends. I have been signing for some years, and would like to chat with new people in asl." |
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arlene cohn"college grad studied Yiddish with Anita Turtletaub for a few years and I'm an ancient citizen" |
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Josh"I'm new in town and want to meet people with similar interests." When a new Meetup starts, I pledge: "I promise to attend the first meeting" |
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Ruth Madansky May"I am living in Bellevue, Washington so I won't be to many meetings....but I am searching for family for genealogical purposes...lI would like to know if Albert Madansky has done his family tree?" |
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eleanor laser"Please look up my website: www.lasterhypnosis.com" |
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B"Hi, I love women authors." |
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Marta"Hi, I am Marta. I grew up hearing Yiddish spoken at home but, unfortunately, I was discouraged from learning it. I can understand quite a bit and would love to gain some fluency." |
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Beverly Friend"I'm executive director of the China Judaic Studies Association, furthering the study of Judaism in China -- (see http://www.oakton.edu/~friend/chinajews.html). a retired English/journalism professor, and theater critic for Pioneer Press " |
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sharon"I am 1/2 White Russian, 1/4 Ukrainian and 1/4 Latvian. Halacha says I am a German Lettish Jewess. Geneology reveals that underneath a cold stay on the steps of the Ukraine is a 1/2 Spanish and 1/2 German background. My Yiddish is fluent." |
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Marvin"I am interested in the club. While, I was born in this country, my native tongue was Yiddish for the first 5 years of my life - or until I was enrolled in Grammer School. I am 82 now and remember bits and pieces. " |
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david g. singer"I am just curious what you are all about." |
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