On 9/24/2014 10:49 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:29:36 -0400, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:

> snip Most
>> synagogues conduct services in English, the orthodox use Hebrew, no
>> synagogues use Yiddish, never did... all the prayer books are written
>> in Hebrew, never Yiddish. Hardly anyone in Israel speaks Yiddish,
>> most Yiddish speakers have died off.
>
> In a way it's a shame. When I was growing up in my hometown, many
> church's had German services and English services. I'm sure that was
> true of many communities with a strong ethnic influence. We are
> losing some of who we are as we become more homogenized.
> Janet US
>
I am no longer a practicing Catholic, but I can remember when a lot of
the mass was in Latin. I have no idea if that is continued these days.
Shame if it is.

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