Judaism and Hyphenism


 

Publication Date: April 1916

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Samuel Hirshberg

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Education; Assimilation; Policy

Type: Other

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author argues against the proposal that Yiddish should be taught, after hours, at American public schools. He concedes that it is a legally fair proposal, since Italian and other languages are taught in this way, but insists that the deliberate preservation of a foreign language is destructive to Americanization.

Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities, 6:9