Litigation & Arbitration
Sep. 23, 2025
The advocate's secret tongue: How the music of Yiddish sharpens a litigator's wit and humanity
For a litigator, Yiddish brings not just color to the courtroom, but character--capturing the humor, heartache and humanity the law alone can't express.
Baruch C. Cohen
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Every courtroom has its own rhythm -- the shuffle of papers, the clipped exchange of objections, the judge's gavel slicing through tension. Yet beneath that formal cadence, a Jewish litigator's heart beats to another music: the earthy, mischievous, fiercely human notes of Yiddish. These words -- born of exile and endurance -- carry more than meaning. They carry soul. They give the law something law alone cannot give: warmth, humor and a sly wink at ...
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