Talk:Yiddish/@comment-174.105.245.154-20141130153336

its not "widely used by Jews". That's BS!. Yiddish is a language that was formed over years by Jewish immigrants who lived in Germany and later Poland. They made that language for protection from anti-Semites, so only the Jewish people there would know what's being said. In order to make the language impossible to decipher by NON Jewish people, They decided to use the HEBREW letters for writing. Yiddish is a language of its own. If you know Yiddish it narrows you down to: 1- Being Jewish 2- Living or LIVED in Germany or a close-by Nation. IT IS NOT WIDELY USED by Jewish people! Russian and Chinese and Mexican Jewish people have never spoke Yiddish! Nor have I, and I am Israeli!