https://dewofyouryouth.com/A blog by Jacob Shore about genealogy, language learning, faith, and software — tracing family history, studying Arabic, and thinking carefully about things that matter.enTue, 26 May 2026 12:56:29 UTChttps://dewofyouryouth.com/post/modern-standard-arabic-hebrew-and-the-ghost-of-yiddish/https://dewofyouryouth.com/post/modern-standard-arabic-hebrew-and-the-ghost-of-yiddish/Tue, 26 May 2026 07:54:09 +0200 Hebrew became the mother tongue of millions; Modern Standard Arabic remains a formal register nobody speaks at home. Both underwent deliberate standardization in the same historical window — the difference reveals what language revival actually requires.