yungvarg
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n. Young people, youth.
Example Sentences
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"In the Yungvarg's narratives, the Warsaw Ghetto and the heroism of its fighters is often juxtaposed with the emblematic depiction of the Yiddish author as well." (Raising Secular Jews: Yiddish Schools and Their Periodicals for American Children, 1917–1950 (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life) by Naomi Prawer Kadar)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
יונגװאַרג yungvarg
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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