Spread the Yiddish Word this Holiday Season
Yiddish is becoming a lost language, so any effort to preserve the dialect of our ancestors is worthy of attention. Actually, Yiddish is older than English, originating in Spain in the thirteenth century and then becoming a more commonplace lingo after the fifteenth century when Jews migrated to Eastern Europe, Poland, Galicia, Hungary, Rumania, and Russia. Yiddish comes from the German word “Judisch,†meaning “Jewish.†In the Yiddish language itself Yiddish means “Jewish.†Continue reading
The Holiness of Chores Makes a Great Boredum Buster
Nothing sends chills up my spine more than when my kids whine, “I’m borrrrred.†How is boredom possible when our three-car garage is so jam-packed with bikes, scooters, skates and every size ball imaginable that I can barely squeeze my van into it? Never mind the pogo stick, jump ropes, sidewalk chalk, bubbles, water balloons, and countless Frisbees that I can’t seem to get rid of. If the temperature is above freezing, I usually push them out the door and order them to “Go Play!â€
When the fresh air becomes intoxicating, however, my kids venture indoors for something to do after they raid the refrigerator again. Continue reading