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Coral Springs’ Examples Of Change

By William A. Gralnick foreign language festival in a language that is distinctly and particular way of religious practice, and often their pronunciation
particularly Jewish. of Yiddish, which is their first language at home from the 18th
Good day, readers. I The first is a matter of economics. We’ve seen this in many and 19th century Eastern European religious dress modes of their
am offering up something southeast Florida towns north of Miami/Dade. The area from founding rabbis. Eighty-five percent of the over six million Jews
from Coral Springs that I Miami to West Palm Beach is the third largest Jewish community slaughtered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers.
find very interesting. It is in the nation. About 10% of that population keeps Kosher. Twenty-five schools in the US teach Yiddish, FAU being
interesting because many of When Winn Dixie, a corporation with which Jews never felt one of them. Most are in areas with large Jewish populations:
the towns and cities east of the Springs have gone through comfortable and never were catered to, we see in Boca Raton three campuses of the U. of California, Stanford, Yale,
this cultural phase. See what you think; comment if you like. a Winn Dixie with an almost kosher supermarket within a Brandeis, Emory, and Harvard are a few. Then again, we
From my perspective, two interesting occurrences of supermarket. Publix has long catered to Jewish tastes and needs. also have the College of Idaho, The U. of Kentucky, U. of
recent note are happening in Coral Springs. One is the The Yiddish festival is more interesting because so few Texas, and Seattle Central College. Go figure. There are also
first Kosher section of a market, and the other is the late of the area’s Jews outside of Miami Beach and the sprinkling several places one can study Yiddish online. I use Duo Lingo.
August coming of a Yiddish festival sponsored by YILove of Hasidic communities speak the language. Yiddish is a Google will offer up the others for you.
Yiddish, which also will have programs here in Boca. They language that is coming back as more universities are offering From Wikipedia, we learn that Yiddish is a West Germanic
are noteworthy because of something newcomers don’t it as a foreign language course. Before I get to the when and language historically spoken by Ashkenazi (western European
know about, and old-timers no longer talk about. That is where, a bit of explanation is needed. Jews). It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe,
the less than welcome mat the Springs put out for Jews (and Hasidim, sometimes known as “Black Hats” are also known providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a High
other non-white Christians). And now Kosher food and a as ultra-orthodox. Today’s Hasidim draw their dress, their German-based vernacular fused with many elements taken
from Hebrew and, to some extent, Aramaic. Most varieties
of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages, and the
Book Review from page 6 Island cotton, Paisley and Harris Tweed in Scotland, and vocabulary contains aspects of the Romance languages.
sweaters of all fabrics. The Biblical Jacob is noted as Yiddish is primarily written in the Hebrew Alphabet.
discovered the instrument that enabled the transformation the first geneticist who bred sheep and goats to his will Take me as an example. I grew up in a Yiddish-speaking
of fiber into clothes, which began with the invention of and specifications. Sheep farming for wool took off in household, but the adults spoke it only when they didn’t want
the loom and the shuttle in ancient times and along with Europe and created the Industrial Revolution. And played the children to understand the conversation. Thus, I grew up
the development of agriculture, and speech and writing a dominant role in commerce and influenced trade as well understanding a lot of Yiddish but was unable to speak or
unlocked the potential of the human brain to create our as trade wars. Humans define themselves through the write it. I am now studying it online, fulfilling a deathbed
civilization. The Mayans depicted creation in the form clothes that they wear, and the history of fashion is the promise to my grandma, who asked me to promise I’d learn
of a loom spinning out the threads of life. Much like the subtext of the history of fabric. The Chinese aristocracy the language. Forty years later, I am.
Greeks who represented the Fates spinning the thread that favored silk, the Jewish priestly class and the Japanese Others far younger than I are experiencing the joys of Yiddish,
predestine our outcomes. The book’s cover illustrates the upper class favored linen, medieval monks chose humble the title of a book by Leo Rosten that flew off the shelves when
famed ingenuity of Odysseus’s wife Penelope to put off sackcloth, and today we love our denim jeans. After the it was published, bought by Jews and Gentiles alike.
the suitors who were pressing her to choose a new husband American and French Revolutions, fashion underwent a So, there you have it, both old-timers and newcomers, are
by claiming the need time to weave a shroud, which she sea change, less frilly, more utilitarian. Today’s fashion facing the changing face of Coral Springs. There is more to
wove during the and secretively undid at night. Finlay story is rich in innovation and design, and draws on the come on this subject, but for now, the question is how they
includes her own biographical travel through the world history that Finlay so ably recounts. will deal with the change.
of fabric and renders her fascination with the theology of Both books elevate the commonplace into the scientific
fashion. and educational, and provide a worthy intellectual Columnist and author Bill Gralnick was born and raised
Fabric has played a dominant role in the advancement adventure for the curious and motivated reader. in Brooklyn, NY. He is writing a three-part humorous memoir.
of civilization and commerce. Different fabric designs The first is “The War of the Itchy Balls and Other Tales from
CARE
were invented in different parts of the world, Kashmir Dr. Ronald J. Meyers, a resident of La Paz, is an Brooklyn.” Just published is the sequel, “George Washington
shawls, Chinese silk, Indigo Dye in India, American Sea Emeritus Professor of English. rmeyers@esu.edu.  Didn’t Sleep Here.” Both are available on Amazon. You can find
his writing at https://www.williamgralnickauthor.com. 

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