Salon Jewish Studies Blog

Evidence of Yiddish Documented in European Societies (EYDES-עדות) is a project of the Foerderverein fuer Jiddische Sprache und Kultur e.V. Dusseldorf. In cooperation with the Columbia University Libraries, the Foerderverein works on the digitization and developement of the Language and Culture Archive of Ashenazic Jewry (LCAAJ), an "archive of approximately 6,000 hours of spoken Yiddish recorded in Israel, Alsace, the USA, Canada, and Mexico from emigrant speakers native to more than 600 communities throughout Central and Eastern Europe" (source: Columbia University-Website) EYDES itself provides access to selected recordings and transciptions from the LCAAJ.