Au milieu des bombes, des frappes de drones et des coupures de courant, ces étudiants ukrainiens non juifs apprennent le yiddish
Daryna Kahaniuk, une étudiante de 19 ans en philologie anglaise à l'Université de Lviv, était en plein cours de yiddish en ligne lorsque l'alerte aérienne a commencé. Dehors, les sirènes hurlaient. Son téléphone a retenti…
Évaluation
A group of Ukrainian university students is choosing to study Yiddish while their country is under bombardment. The act is striking because Yiddish carries no immediate practical value in wartime. You should watch whether this represents a broader cultural shift among young Ukrainians to reclaim Jewish heritage that was nearly erased by the Holocaust and Soviet repression, or whether it remains a niche academic pursuit. The key detail is that these are non-Jewish students, which suggests something beyond ethnic identity is driving their commitment.