The Standardized Yiddish Orthography consists of two parts: Rules of Yiddish Spelling (sixth edition) and “The History of the Standardized Yiddish Spelling.”

The rules of Yiddish orthography presented here are those generally taught in universities and used today in most literary and cultural publications throughout the world. These rules were worked out by the philological section of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and accepted at the YIVO Plenum in October 1934. Changes were introduced and accepted in 1936. This sixth edition of the Rules offers some slight enhancements in appearance and clarity over previous editions.

The volume is enhanced by the Yiddish monograph “The History of the Standardized Yiddish Spelling” by preeminent Yiddish scholar, Mordkhe Schaechter. His erudite and comprehensive history of Yiddish orthography offers a unique perspective on many broad issues of Jewish national and cultural concern that far transcend the narrow question of spelling.

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