Mordecai Walfish
Mordecai Walfish is Director of Special Projects for the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at NYU Wagner (<a href="http://www.bjpa.org">bjpa.org</a>). He comes from a long line of Yiddishists and has studied Yiddish at New York University, Tel Aviv University, and the Vilnius Yiddish Institute.
Articles by Mordecai Walfish
The History of Yiddish
Yiddish originated in Germany, but was eventually spoken by Jews all over Europe.