
I think that the promotion of Yiddish culture in America among non-orthodox Jews is very important, because these days Yiddish is rapidly becoming a language only of the ultra-orthodox. It’d be a shame for it to end up like Pennsylvania Dutch, where the language only survives among isolated fundamentalists. Plus, America is one of the only places where Yiddish preservation can be pursued, due to Yiddish being persecuted heavily in Israel in favor of Hebrew.