In this one time class, students will learn the history of the Yiddish language and acquire some common Yiddish words.  Yiddish offers a powerful way to celebrate and connect to Jewish history. It connects people to the flourishing Ashkenazi-Jewish culture that the United States was home to decades ago, as well as the bustling Jewish life of pre-Holocaust Europe.  There are also Yiddish slang words that have made their way into the English language, and in fact, over one million books have...