Many speakers of this language lived in shtetls in the Pale of Settlement.
A book written in this language addressed itself to "women and men who are like women." The First World Conference for this language was held in 1908 in Czernowitz ("chairÂ­noÂ­vitz"). According to the nationalization policy of the early Soviet Union, this was the only national language without a defined geographic area. Intellectuals who used this language were the main victims of the Night of the Murdered Poets and the (*) fabricated Doctor's Plot. The Birobidzhan Star was published in this language, the use of which was opposed by the maskilim ("mahÂ­skeeÂ­leem"). Many speakers of this language lived in shtetls in the Pale of Settlement. For 10 points, what Germanic language is an official language of Russia's Jewish Autonomous Oblast?
A book written in this language addressed itself to "women and men who are like women."
Yiddish [accept Idish or Idishai]