Yiddish-Japanese dictionary story

For Japanese Linguist, A Long And Lonely Schlep

by LUCY CRAFT

http://www.npr.org/2012/04/16/150723840/for-japanese-linguist-a-long-and-lonely-schlep

A smattering of Yiddish words has crept into the American vernacular: Non-Jews go for a nosh or schmooze over cocktails. Yet the language itself, once spoken by millions of Jews, is now in retreat...