gc0t ,00,0 Yavne 011 Each month in this space, L'Chayim will present a Yiddish lesson entitled, "Du Redst Yiddish? (Do You Speak Yiddish?)," whose aim is to encourage further study of Yiddish. The lesson will include a brief story utilizing the Yiddish words to be studied, a vocabulary list with English translations and a family activity which involves using the new words. Two books which may be helpful for beginning Yiddish students are Yiddish for Beginners by Dr. Joffen and Der Yiddisher Lerer by Goldin. Weinreich's English-Yiddish Dictionary also may be useful. At the conclusion of each lesson will be a suggested list of books for persons who wish to further their knowledge. The lessons were prepared by Mary Koretz of Oak Park. She has Detroit's Sister City In Israel taught both children's and adult classes in Yiddish at the Workmen's Circle. Following is this month's lesson: Detroit, along with acht other American cities, selects a shvester city in Israel. The tsil of this program is to provide certain needs of the designated shtot. We dergraycht our objectives in the city of Ramla, unzer first Project Renewal sister city. Now we are engaged in tawn the same for the city of Yavne. Most importantly, our objectives are to oifhaybn the level of education and andere services. Such services include a community tsenter. This center is to provide for yugent, senior adult and a new toghaym for young children. Other social projects will deal with familye lebn and leadership growth. Yavne is very noent to Israel's major port of Ashdod. It has a population of tsvay un tsvantsik toyzenter. About 3,000 mentshn live in Neot Shazar, a neighborhood in the northeast vinkl of Yavne. Most of the residents of Neot Shazar emigrated from Sephardic countries a sach years ago. It is expected to vaksn by 900 new families in the kumendike few years, straining its ability tsu farzorgn schooling and social programs. Yavne's geshichte is ancient and reich in Jewish spiritual survival. It is dermont in the Book of Joshua, then noch amol during the Maccabean Revolt and finally in the hershaft of the Hasmonean kings. According to legend, Yohanan Ben Zakkai hot gebetn the Romans to preserve a yeshivah at Yavne when the Temple was chorev gemacht. His wish was granted. Thus, Yavne and its yeshivah became the new center of Jewish geistik and intellectual life. In the year 96 C.E. Rabban Gamliel tsuzamin with the Sanhedrin determined the Halakhah. They funandergeboyt what we know today as the prayer buch. For this reason, Yavne replaced Jerusalem during this period as the ort for pilgrimages. That was nechtin. Today, Yavne is a city founded after the 1948 milchome for independence. It houses immigrants from the gants velt. With our help it will have a future that befits its glorious past. Vocabulary Rowdy Yoav was playing in the playground. When it was time to go home, he could not find his way out. He sat down in a corner and waited ... and waited ... and waited. He would like you to help him find his way out to go home. eight acht sister shvester object tsil city shtot achieved dergraycht our unzer do tawn raise oyfhaybn other andere center (also tenth) tsenter youth yugent day care toghaym family life familye lebn close noent tsvay un tsvantsik toyzenter . .22,000 people mentshn corner vinkl many a sach grow vaksn next kumendike to provide tsu farzorgn geshichte reich dermont noch amol hershaft hot gebetn chorev gemacht geistik tsuzamin Sanhedrin Halakhah funandergeboyt buch ort nechtin milchome gants velt history rich mentioned again reign asked destroyed spiritual together Jewish court Jewish ritual law developed book place yesterday war whole world Family Activity Make a contribution to Project Renewal. Look up Yavne on an Israeli map. Recommended Reading Written Out of History: Our Jewish Foremothers by S. Henry and E. Taitz; Inside Kasrilevke, Sholem Aleichem. Yavne Pen Pals Continued from Page L-5 Address: 1050 HaHermon St., 70600 Yavne, Israel. Shimon Ohana — male, chairman of the Neot Shazar Neighborhood Committee; served in the Israel Defense Forces for more than 20 years. Born in Morocco; lived on a kibbutz for several years; would like to correspond in either French or Hebrew. Interests: sports. Address: 1/11 HaHermon St., 70600 Yavne, Israel. Nurit Ohana (13) — female, attends junior high school; "hopes to go to Tamarack some day." Interests: track and field, both running and jumping. Address: 1/11 HaHermon St., 70600 Yavne, Israel. ACNOWLEDGEMENTS Marilyn and Murray Grant of Herzliya helped coordinate the information from Yavne. Kathy and Yefet Ozery helped translate the Yavne recipes and other Hebrew material into English. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS L-7