"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> 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.

I don't know either but when I was girl, I was in the church choir and sang
responses in Latin.

Thanks for the memory


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