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The article seeks to identify the causes of the crisis in the teaching of Yiddish, especially in the United States, where the biggest concentrations of Ashkenazi Jews and centres of studies of their culture can be found. The system of teaching the so-called standard Yiddish, developed at the New York YIVO institute and used for nearly sixty years does not make the students ready for a competent linguistic,...