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Why were Jews called 'yids'?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 11/16/2022

The term "yid" comes from an abbreviation of "Yiddischer" which means a person of the typically Eastern European Jewish Shtetl culture. These types of Jews were typically impoverished, unskilled, and very lowly regarded. As a result, "Yid" became a curse word for Jews.

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