Show Popularity of Ylddith. Yiddish is an archaic and corrupt form of fiermnn extensively sjoken by Jews in many countiles besides r.ennnny itself. A startling Instance of Its popularity Is gfvon by a writer In Jerusalem hi' met "a worthy man who denounced i. e for bring unable to converse with htm In Yiddish. 'ou are no Jew." ho protested 'foi you do not know the Jewish language.' I answered an-swered that llelr'vv was tie Jewish language anil that I was quite willing to try to speak to him In It Ills rejoinder re-joinder was: 'I have no patience with this new-fangled Iden of speaking Hebrew He-brew In Jerusalem.' " |