Yiddish Wikipedia
Encyclopedia
Yiddish Wikipedia is the Yiddish language version of Wikipedia
. It was founded on March 3, 2004, and the first article was written November 28 of that year.
the Yiddish Wikipedia has over 7,000 articles. There are 6431 registered users (including bots) but only 49 are active.
Like all Wikipedias it generates hits from Yiddish words typed in Google, with Wikipedia articles on top of the results for that word.
In accordance with the norms for the Yiddish language, it is written almost exclusively in Hebrew script, and not in Latin script.
, started by User:יוסל on 24 December 2009.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
. It was founded on March 3, 2004, and the first article was written November 28 of that year.
Current status
As of January 2010January 2010
January 2010 was the first month of that year. It began on a Friday and ended after 31 days on a Sunday. It was the first month of the 2010s.- Portal:Current events :This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from January 2010....
the Yiddish Wikipedia has over 7,000 articles. There are 6431 registered users (including bots) but only 49 are active.
Like all Wikipedias it generates hits from Yiddish words typed in Google, with Wikipedia articles on top of the results for that word.
In accordance with the norms for the Yiddish language, it is written almost exclusively in Hebrew script, and not in Latin script.
Milestones
The Yiddish Wikipedia reached 6000 articles on March 8, 2009. The 6000th article is יהושע העשיל תאומים-פרענקל, a rabbi. The 7000th article is חנינא סגן הכהנים, a tannaTannaim
The Tannaim were the Rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approximately 70-200 CE. The period of the Tannaim, also referred to as the Mishnaic period, lasted about 130 years...
, started by User:יוסל on 24 December 2009.
Point of view
Combined, the different Hasidic groups form the largest Yiddish-speaking community in the world today. The most new articles are about religious Hasidic Rabbis.External links
Yiddish Wikipedia Yiddish Wikipedia mobile version (homepage not yet configured)- New Voices e-Gossip - If there ever was hope for our grandparents to turn tech-savvy and read about the latest in their mamaloshen, this is it. newvoices.
- Go on the web: Aviv Gefen (with non-hebrew spelling)? Yes. Its not a mistake. It's Yiddish. YnetYnetYnet is the most popular Israeli news and general content website. It is owned by the same conglomerate that operates Yediot Ahronot, the country's secondleading daily newspaper...
(Hebrew) - Dr. Shalom Berger, An encyclopedia of people already in Yiddish The ForwardThe ForwardThe Forward , commonly known as The Jewish Daily Forward, is a Jewish-American newspaper published in New York City. The publication began in 1897 as a Yiddish-language daily issued by dissidents from the Socialist Labor Party of Daniel DeLeon...
(Yiddish) - Is there such a think as a Free Encyclopedia?: - The Yiddish Wikipedia was the only Wikipedia which did not delete an article which a Journalist has written his own autobiography. TheMarkerTheMarkerTheMarker is the name of three different Hebrew language offerings from Haaretz Group:* Daily economic newspaper distributed as a supplement of Haaretz and standalone* Economic website TheMarker.com* Monthly TheMarker Magazine-History:...
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