Did any of those nursing home residents ever go vekachtah on you?
Back in 1974, I volunteered for a liaison program with the Israeli Air Force. The requirement was that I take a 44-week Hebrew course. Four weeks short of finishing, the funding for the project went away. We finished the class but never got to use it. The American Christian instructor said that Yiddish was the language of the ghetto and REAL Jews spoke Hebrew. His wife was orthodox Jewish and the instructor took part in the Jewish rituals. There a few holocaust survivors at the hospital where I volunteer and I try to hit them with some of the Hebrew that I do remember, and they’re always amazed that a “goy” can speak it.
Back in 1974, I volunteered for a liaison program with the Israeli Air Force. The requirement was that I take a 44-week Hebrew course. Four weeks short of finishing, the funding for the project went away. We finished the class but never got to use it. The American Christian instructor said that Yiddish was the language of the ghetto and REAL Jews spoke Hebrew. His wife was orthodox Jewish and the instructor took part in the Jewish rituals. There a few holocaust survivors at the hospital where I volunteer and I try to hit them with some of the Hebrew that I do remember, and they’re always amazed that a “goy” can speak it.