How to Use Yiddish in a Sentence

Yiddish

noun

• This is the Yiddish, folksy meaning — a nice thing to do.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
• The word means to fuss or waste time in Yiddish, though dining at this Jewish deli is always time well spent.
  — Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
• At 111, the organization still puts on plays in Yiddish and teaches the language to people of all ages.
  — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 18 July 2023
• People who know a little Yiddish will enjoy the sprinkling of that language's flavorful words throughout the script.
  — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2024
• Her work is being translated from Yiddish to Polish, and a complete selection of her short stories has been published in English for the first time.
  — Jane Eisner, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• The historic text appears in English, Italian, and Yiddish to honor the majority of the languages spoken at the factory at the time, and includes first-hand accounts.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2023
• Taking the form of a potboiler murder mystery, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union is richly imagined.
  — Jack Butler, National Review, 4 Nov. 2023
• It's peppered with just enough Yiddish to satisfy your grandparents and plenty of pop music to satisfy anyone younger than that.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• At a time when antisemitism is surging nationwide, Yiddish — once nearly wiped out by the Holocaust and assimilation pressures — is making a comeback.
  — Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
• An article on Sunday about the rising use of Yiddish imprecisely characterized current Yiddish speakers.
  — New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• The tunnel in question, which is about the length of a bowling lane, became the subject of intense public interest, as the incident involved several Lubavitcher extremists, vile antisemitic conspiracy theories, and cops dropping Yiddish.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024