shilishi – *sigh* I’m sure I said “certain areas”… In Gateshead it is hardly spoken except to give some of the shiurim in some of the yeshivas, in Manchester it is confined to about 7 streets and in London to about 1/2 of Stamford Hill. Hardly the majority. The majority of Jews in EY speak Ivrit, even in the Charedi and Chasidish enclaves. I have no idea about America but ‘total achdus’?! Nonsense.
aurora77 – Sorry! That was really my intent in the first post (“this is not a thread about how wonderful yiddish is. It is about how wonderful Yidden are.”), sorry it lead away from your OP…