Yiddishist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A proponent of the Yiddish language and culture.

    "The third type of secular Bar Mitzvah was developed by secular Yiddishists in the United States before and after World War II. Rifkind's book includes a Hebrew translation of a Yiddish article from 1939 describing such an event. It sounds from the description that the family and friends were Labor Zionists. The party was in place of a synagogue service and the focus had shifted from God and the Mitzvot to Zionism, Yiddish and the Jewish people."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the efforts of the Yiddishists. not-comparable

Synonyms

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yiddishisticyiddishistic

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"The third type of secular Bar Mitzvah was developed by secular Yiddishists in the United States before and after World War II. Rifkind's book includes a Hebrew translation of a Yiddish article from 1939 describing such an event. It sounds from the description that the family and friends were Labor Zionists. The party was in place of a synagogue service and the focus had shifted from God and the Mitzvot to Zionism, Yiddish and the Jewish people."

Etymology

From Yiddish ייִדישיסט (yidishist, “Yiddishist (person)”). By surface analysis, Yiddish + -ist.

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