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‖ Yiddishkeit|ˈjɪdɪʃkaɪt|
Also yiddishkeit.
[ad. Yiddish yidishkeyt.]
= Jewishness, Judaism 1; Yiddishness.
1892I. Zangwill Childr. of Ghetto I. iii. 87 All they teach them in the school is English nonsense... The good Yiddishkeit goes to the wall. 1901M. Wolfenstein Idylls of Gass 25 They do say she reads German books with not a word of Yiddishkeit (Judaism) in them. 1956‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits & Scots Unbound 28 A Yiddishkeit crutch. 1966New Statesman 6 May 648/2 The most sophisticated Israelis are those who are often most attached to yiddishkeit and many accept the rabbinical regime as part of Jewish culture without which Israel would have no identity. 1976B. Williams Making of Manchester Jewry xi. 271 A..strictly observant Jewish society based upon the exclusive Yiddishkeit of the Eastern European ghetto. 1984Listener 20 Sept. 14/2 With them the immigrants brought their richest possessions: Yiddish and Yiddishkeit—their language and their way of life. |