tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post1306273533790932332..comments2024-03-29T11:39:42.348+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: What are Yiddish actors doing in Cairo?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-88324066808164304942014-12-21T01:46:45.085+00:002014-12-21T01:46:45.085+00:00you are quite right Eliyahu to point out that thi...you are quite right Eliyahu to point out that this was no random incident but a deliberate act, , to burn down the Ashkenazi synagogue as part of a pogrom.bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-25092812620150757122014-12-20T23:34:06.244+00:002014-12-20T23:34:06.244+00:00so a fire destroyed the records of this theater gr...so a fire destroyed the records of this theater group that were in the Ashkenazi synagogue in 1945. Pray tell, just how was this fire caused? Was it man-made? Was it part of a pogrom against Jews in Cairo?Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-88306894997178143682014-12-18T16:47:45.345+00:002014-12-18T16:47:45.345+00:00one thing I learned from a Yiddish aunt:
kissen me...one thing I learned from a Yiddish aunt:<br />kissen mein toukes<br />And I still use it today<br />sultanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-42977716593165333232014-12-18T12:20:23.648+00:002014-12-18T12:20:23.648+00:00as far as I know, the oldest known documents/manus...as far as I know, the oldest known documents/manuscripts in Yiddish were found in the Cairo Genizah. They were from the 13th and 14th centuries, as I recall.<br /><br />there is even a book about these documents.Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.com