Yiddish symbols
A number of Yiddish symbols have emerged to represent the language and the Yiddishist movement over history.[1] Lacking a central authority, however, they have not had the prominence of those of the Hebrew revival and the Zionist symbols of Israel. Several of the Yiddish symbols are drawn from Yiddish songs in the klezmer tradition.
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Yiddish poetry, including a collection under that title from Moyshe-Leyb Halpern. Yiddishpiel uses a logo of golden peacock plumage surrounding its theatre building. The Forward has used gold in its masthead (also recalling Di Goldene Medine) since 2015,[4] and the Yiddish Book Center has used a golden goat since 2012, designed by Alexander Isley with lettering from El Lissitzky's lithographs of Chad Gadya.[5][6][7]
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menorah, promoted by a user from Wikimedia Commons which was used for a time in the Duolingo Incubator.[8]
Flags
There is no historical language or ethnic flag for Yiddish speakers, though in the 21st century there have been a couple of minor proposals for digital use as flag icons for languages.
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![The komets alef flag, now used for the Duolingo Yiddish course.[1]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Yiddish_kometz_aleph_flag.svg/120px-Yiddish_kometz_aleph_flag.svg.png)
The komets alef flag, now used for the Duolingo Yiddish course.[1] -
![Proposed Yiddish flag, that was temporarily used for the Duolingo Yiddish course.[1]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Proposed_Yiddish_flag.svg/120px-Proposed_Yiddish_flag.svg.png)
Proposed Yiddish flag, that was temporarily used for the Duolingo Yiddish course.[1] -
The Yiddish flag in front of a synagogue.
![The komets alef flag, now used for the Duolingo Yiddish course.[1]](/File:Yiddish_kometz_aleph_flag.svg)
![Proposed Yiddish flag, that was temporarily used for the Duolingo Yiddish course.[1]](/File:Proposed_Yiddish_flag.svg)
Flag with a menorah
It appeared on the internet around 2012, when it was published on Wikipedia. Rapidly, it disseminated in the
anarchist milieu in the early 20th century are not true.[10]
See also
References
- ^ ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ Fonda, Batya. "The Golden Peacock". Jewish Folk Songs. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ Fonda, Batya. "One Only Kid". Jewish Folk Songs. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ Stern, Phil (19 April 2015). "A Forward for the Inquisitive Reader". The Forward. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Why a Goat?". Yiddish Book Center. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "By Design: A New Logo | Yiddish Book Center". www.yiddishbookcenter.org. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "Yiddish Book Center". Alexander Isley Inc. Designers. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ Schulman, Sebastian (15 June 2015). "What Flag Should Yiddish Fly?". The Forward. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "What Flag Should Yiddish Fly?". 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Flag of the Yidish language".