Resumen de Contentious partners: Yiddish and Hebrew in Haredi Israel

Miriam Isaacs

• This article is a study in language competition and language shift drawing upon the circumstances of Israeli Haredi society. In this complex, multifaceted setting, two languages have been continued äs heritage languages.

  Hebrew äs "holy tongue" and also äs revived everyday language competes with Yiddish, a language that connects this population to their Ashkenazi roots. Language domain is at issue in vernacularfunctions, and the roles of Community andsanctity are key to language maintenance and vitality while perpetuating vernacular uses of Yiddish. Countervailing forces are at play resulting in language shift and shifting role of dialects in Yiddish.