Pause to Wonder

I can’t believe I didn’t know about the connections between Yidish and jazz! Very, very cool.

I’ve always loved Yiddish. It has a wonderful onomatopœia quality and each word is like a little poem capturing the essence of something.

Here’s the full radio interview, an online Yiddish/English/Hebrew dictionary and, not to be missed, the Yiddish Radio Project. Enjoy!

Added next day: Here’s a short but very interesting factual outline of the Yiddish language. הנאה האָבן!