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June 25, 2024

A Jew Joins a Yiddish Class in De-Judaized Poland

The only pharaoh in the room.

Visiting the Polish city of Białystok, Thaïs Miller found herself sitting in on a Yiddish class. “I had attended many Yiddish classes before,” she writes, “but not one in my grandmother’s hometown and not one in which I was the only Jewish person in the room, including the instructors.” Miller listened to the students explain why they were taking the class, and helped them with the alphabet. After some intense translating, the instructor switched to a lighter activity:

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