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That Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the greatest poet Germany ever produced, was at one time interested in the Yiddish language is not commonly known. This is of peculiar interest in the light of the fact that Goethe is claimed by the anti-Semites as one of their own. The fact is that Goethe in his youth […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315