oomis: I agree 100%, or should i say 99% as one of my children’s first name is yiddish, although we did add a hebrew name to it. My point about the “ee” added onto yiddish names was not to say that hebrew or english names dont have the “ee” onto it, rather i was making a point that almost every yiddish name ends in “ee”-which sounds like it might be a tone of endearment rather than real meaning behind the name. Hebrew names are easier to understand by all Jewish people from all over the world, which makes a hebrew name more meaningful, as opposed to yiddish. As an aside, when deciding which school would be best for my girls, a main factor was that understanding hebrew was above understanding yiddish. I dont care if the teacher decides to count in yiddish or they learn a few yiddish words here and there, but to ‘teitch’ chumash/navi into yiddish when most of the families dont speak yiddish, is just not fair. Why should i push another language on my children 1) we dont speak it at home 2) they will learn how to perfect their english and undestand the tenses 3) davening is in hebrew! Shouldnt hebrew take precedence over yiddish?
Thats my opinion, everyone i entitled to their own