Book for Learning Yiddish and English
A page from Libro de embezer las linguas Ingleza y Yudish (Book for Learning English and Yiddish), a guidebook for Ladino-speaking immigrants in Yiddish and English with Ladino transliteration and translations that included sections on immigration law, American vernacular life, and business.
Credits
Moise Gadol, Livro de Embezer las linguas Ingleza i Yudish [Book for Learning Yiddish and English] (New York, 1916). ST0007, University of Washington Sephardic Studies Digital Collection. Courtesy Isaac Azose.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.
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