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Do you know your Yiddish body parts?

#yiddishbodyparts

 

Illustration from an anatomical diagram of a skeleton found in the anatomy notebook of a student at a Tsentrale Yidishe Shul-Organizatsye school (Central Yiddish School Organization, TSYSHO). The names of each bone are labeled in Yiddish. Oshmene, Poland, 1937. YIVO Archives.
 

In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Uriel Weinreich Summer Program, let's start testing our Yiddish where most students start - with the names of basic body parts.

Do you know your head, shoulders, knees and toes?

Find out with our latest Yiddish quiz!

 

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