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'''Yugntruf – Youth for Yiddish ({{lang|yi|יוגנטרוף — יוגנט פֿאַר ייִדיש}}) ''' is an organization of young [[Yiddish]]-speaking adults that is dedicated to the spread of the Yiddish language through various programs and events. It was founded by [[David Roskies]] and Gavi Trunk under the guidance of the late Dr. [[Mordkhe Schaechter]] in 1964.

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== Name ==

''Yugntruf'' ({{lang|yi|יוגנטרוף}}) means “call of [the] youth”<ref name=Queens>{{cite journal|title=Yiddish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQ8qAQAAIAAJ|year=1980 | volume= 4 | number = 2 |publisher=Queens College Press|page=32| quote= Additional examples of unnecessary ''e'' before [[syllabic n|syllabic ''n'']] [would be] ''yugent-ruf'' (Call of the Youth; p. 273), which should be ''yugntruf''.}}</ref> 
and “call to youth”.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://yugntruf.org/about-us/?lang=en |website=Yugntruf |quote=Yugntruf ("call to youth" in Yiddish) cultivates the active use of the Yiddish language among today's youth}}</ref><ref name=fr/>

It combines the words {{transliteration|yi|yugnt}} ({{wikt-lang|yi|יוגנט}}, “youth; the young”) and {{transliteration|yi|ruf}} ({{lang|yi|רוף}}, “call”, cognate of German {{wikt-lang|de|Ruf}}).<ref name=fr>{{cite book|author= Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme|author-link= Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme|title=ביי דער יידיש-ארבעט, היינט|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XjJoAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=מעדעם ביבליאטעק|isbn=978-2-9520107-0-2|page=173|quote= Une petite remarque concernant le nom Yugntruf: beaucoup de gens nous ont déjà demandé ce qu'était un "Truf" ? Le nom se compose, bien sûr, des deux éléments ''yugnt'' et ''ruf'', ce qui signifie ''a ruf {{wikt-lang|yi|צו|tsu}} der yugnt'' — « un appel à la jeunesse ».  |language=fr}} Translation: “A small comment about the name ''Yugntruf'': Many have asked us what a "truf" is. The name comprises the two elements ''yugnt'' and ''ruf'', which means ‘a call to [the] youth’ (''a ruf tsu der yugnt'').”</ref>

== Activities ==

It hosts events such as
* the [https://web.archive.org/web/20061003204557/http://www.yugntruf.org/YidTog2005/forvertsartikl.htm Yidish-Tog] (“Yiddish Day”), a day in New York in which programs are run in Yiddish.
* the [https://web.archive.org/web/20061003203418/http://www.yugntruf.org/svives/index.htm Svive Project], in which groups of Yiddish speakers come together to read and discuss in Yiddish.  {{transliteration|yi|Svive}} ({{wikt-lang|yi|סבֿיבֿה}}) means “environment”.
* the week-long [http://yugntruf.org/yvokh/ Yidish-Vokh] (“Yiddish Week”) retreat, held in [[Copake, New York]], in which participants spend an entire week conversing completely in Yiddish.

In addition, Yugntruf sponsors a [https://web.archive.org/web/20061003203254/http://www.yugntruf.org/araynfir-tekst/araynfir.htm literary magazine] as well as the publishing of books for children in Yiddish. Many members of Yugntruf have decided to raise their children as Yiddish speakers.

== References ==
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==External reference==
* {{official website|yugntruf.org}}

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