On May 25, 2017, while a young man Mordechai Haim Paksher, was arrested at the recruitment office on Rashi Street in Jerusalem, a group on religious Jews where present to protest and to save the young man. The police operated their violence to assist the arrest | Israel Versus Judaism

23K views · 327 reactions | He dedicated his life to creating a standardized Yiddish language, and defending its status as the Mother language of the people: Joshua Mordechai Lifshitz. Considered the father of Yiddishism and of modern Yiddish lexicography, without his work, we wouldn’t have the legacy of Yiddish as we do today. Learn more: Video: WJC International Yiddish center / Центр идиш ВЕК | World Jewish Congress | Facebook