2000
DOI: 10.30752/nj.69573
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Yiddish in Helsinki and its Swedish component

Abstract: Yiddish has been spoken in Helsinki since 1850s when the Jewish Cantonist soldiers and their families were allowed to settle in the town. The first generations born in Helsinki had the possibility to attend heders and a Talmud-torah where religious subjects were conducted in Yiddish. In the wake of Yiddishizm many Yiddish-speaking societies were founded before and after the First World War. My research attempts an analysis of Helsinki Yiddish and a survey of Yiddish culture in Helsinki. The material used for t… Show more

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“…134 With regard to the Finnish Swedish Heritage Day, it is also worth noting that Fredja and Miriam Silberman most likely grew up in a Swedish and possibly Yiddish-and Russian-speaking household, which was the case for most Helsinki-based Jews at the time. 135 It seems that Vyborg was the final stop on the Fennia orchestra's 1908 tour along the Finnish coast. After having spent the summer season in Hanko, famed for its sea-bathing and tennis courts, the Silbermans and their orchestra travelled eastward, briefly stopping at the industrial port town of Kotka.…”
Section: Concerts In 1908mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…134 With regard to the Finnish Swedish Heritage Day, it is also worth noting that Fredja and Miriam Silberman most likely grew up in a Swedish and possibly Yiddish-and Russian-speaking household, which was the case for most Helsinki-based Jews at the time. 135 It seems that Vyborg was the final stop on the Fennia orchestra's 1908 tour along the Finnish coast. After having spent the summer season in Hanko, famed for its sea-bathing and tennis courts, the Silbermans and their orchestra travelled eastward, briefly stopping at the industrial port town of Kotka.…”
Section: Concerts In 1908mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Jews could only stay in three cities with a larger military garrison: Helsinki, Turku and Viborg. 28 Without civil rights, Jews were not permitted to hold governmental offices, nor own landed property. Furthermore, any purchase of a business including peddling outside the three cities was forbidden and could lead to deportation from the country.…”
Section: The Jewish Colony In a Rapidly Growing Citymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Swedish, being the language of the middle and upper classes, soon became the predominant language of the community. 52 The family size dropped, the children were educated and, more often, women were stay-at-home mothers although many still had a primary role within the family businesses. The wealthier Jewish families in Helsinki had the life-style of the European Jewish bourgeois with visits to spas, homes in the modern new apartment buildings, piano lessons, bridge and tennis.…”
Section: Urban Poverty and Upward Economic Mobilitymentioning
confidence: 99%