[EDLING:2135] Ottawa prof teaches Yiddish ‘as a living language’

[Francis M. Hult]

The Canadian Jewish News

Ottawa prof teaches Yiddish ‘as a living language’ 

By DIANE KOVEN 
Ottawa Correspondent 

OTTAWA — If Prof. Rebecca Margolis has her way, not only will the teaching of 
Yiddish become more widespread, but Yiddish will once again be a modern, 
vibrant spoken language. 

And she’s part of an ambitious program at the University of Ottawa that’s 
trying to accomplish these goals.

Speaking Nov. 19 to an invited audience at U of O, Margolis, an assistant 
professor at the school’s Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program, reviewed the 
history of Yiddish as a spoken language in a lecture delivered in both English 
and French.

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