Who is Yiddish from The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer and what is their importance? The_Collected_Stories_of_Isaac_Bashevis_Singer English & Literature Yiddish | The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer

Although not a person, Yiddish is the language that connects all these stories as it connects most of the Jewish communities worldwide. Yiddish developed in the Ashkenazi culture of the Rhineland in Germany around the 10th century, and is a polyglot of German dialects with Slavic languages, Aramaic, Hebrew and bits of Romance languages. It is written in Hebrew, and is spoken in Orthodox Jewish communities, especially as the foundation language in Hassidic communities. The vocabulary and syntax of Yiddish reflects the various cultures and languages in Europe that comprise the Jewish Diaspora.