Definitions

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  • adjective A mix of English, Yiddish, Hebrew, and other languages spoken by many Orthodox Jews.
  • adjective Relating to a Yeshiva.
  • adjective Relating to the culture of Haredi Jews.

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Examples

  • Baltimore's Orthodox community is very largely "yeshivish" or "black hat," two insider terms referring to non-Hasidic Jews who are stricter in their observance than Modern Orthodoxy.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Kylopod 2007

  • Baltimore's Orthodox community is very largely "yeshivish" or "black hat," two insider terms referring to non-Hasidic Jews who are stricter in their observance than Modern Orthodoxy.

    Ultra-Beautiful Kylopod 2007

  • I think the fact that TOV exists in the first place speaks to the very heart of the issue - it is comprised of "yeshivish" people who have decided to make a statement and move away from the path Gimmel is taking, as you say.

    Israelated - English Israel blogs 2008

  • One comment is written in such "yeshivish" that I thought it was intended as a spoof until I saw that the writer is a Torah Reader at a synagogue in the Hamptons:

    Shira Dicker: Hook Up vs. Shut Up: Yeshiva University’s Sex Story Controversy Shira Dicker 2011

  • One comment is written in such "yeshivish" that I thought it was intended as a spoof until I saw that the writer is a Torah Reader at a synagogue in the Hamptons:

    Shira Dicker: Hook Up vs. Shut Up: Yeshiva University’s Sex Story Controversy Shira Dicker 2011

  • One comment is written in such "yeshivish" that I thought it was intended as a spoof until I saw that the writer is a Torah Reader at a synagogue in the Hamptons:

    Shira Dicker: Hook Up vs. Shut Up: Yeshiva University’s Sex Story Controversy Shira Dicker 2011

  • So unless one is yeshivish I was raised with no religious training at all, zero synagogue affiliation, or can attend a rabbinical school like JTS, HUC or Hebrew College, one is SOL.

    Towards a new understanding of Secular Jewishness | Jewschool 2007

  • The Forward has a cute article on the yeshivish dialect.

    Mega Mishegaas | Jewschool 2007

  • First I hate to break the news to you but unless your a yeshivish guy with money you will probably be going on dates for several more years.

    Aish.com 2010

  • First I hate to break the news to you but unless your a yeshivish guy with money you will probably be going on dates for several more years.

    Aish.com 2010

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