Russian Soviet
Why did Yiddish die out among the Jews from Russian Empire/Soviet Union?
When you look at all these recent Jewish immigrants in both Israel or the United States who come from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Lithuania, etc. Why is it that most of them are speaking Russian and not speaking Yiddish?
I know for sure most of them are Ashkenazi Jews – so what happened? Why did the Yiddish language get replaced by Russian among them? And also WHEN did this happen? When did the Russian language start to replace Yiddish as the language of these Soviet Ashkenazi Jews?
Recently, yes, Yiddish is not spoken by recent immigrants. That’s because in those states they were forced to learn the language under Communist rule: They didn’t allow Yiddish over Russian or the home language. Or they got punished.
However, there is also the fact that the Jews now had a framework to integrate to society, and thus they had to learn that language. Given with the idea that the Soviets punished one for a Jewish heritage, that further distanced many from the language of Yiddish. A combining with wanting to join the society (and, in many cases, being forced to join) and shaming one on their roots is enough to cause it.
Do note, though that pre-WWII immigrants spoke Yiddish. From all of these areas.
So, basically, it’s because the Soviets and other communists didn’t want outside influences. They wanted to control everyone, and establish a solitary standard. Yiddish had to go, along with religion, in which case the Jews weren’t alone on that one. It wasn’t completely elective to discard Yiddish, like it was to a degree in America (though, mainly it was discarded for the reason of integrating and distancing self from the non-American “other”, not because they would’ve been punished by the state like in Eastern Europe at that time).
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