Did you know that...?
Germany currently ranks third as the destination for Jewish emigrants. Only Israel and the United States see higher numbers of Jewish immigrants.
So, besides Yiddish being closely related to the German language, you will soon be more likely to run into Jews who speak German!
Speaking of Yiddish, here is some information from the "Languages of the World" website:
"Yiddish belongs to the Western group of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is likely that it arose in central Europe between the 11th-13th centuries AD from Middle High German dialects and has been spoken by the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe and their descendants around the world ever since then."
Any visit to Berlin should include a stop at the Jewish Museum designed by the famous architect, Liebeskind.
Some common German expressions have their roots in Hebrew...
Deutsch Hebräischer Ursprung
Schlammassel (Unglück) masal (Glück)
Schmiere stehen schmira (Wache)
Pleite machen Plejta (Flucht)
Moos ma'oth (kleine Münzen)
gutbetucht betuach (sicher)
Kaff kfar (Dorf)
Knast knas (Strafe)
dufte tow (gut)
meshugge meshugah (verrückt)
Maloche Malakha (Arbeit, Werk)
eine Macke haben Maka (Schlag)
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