Why didn't Yiddish become Israel's Official Language?

Hebrew, extinct for over a thousand years, was brought back as the living language of Israel. But Yiddish had been a language of a majority of the world's Jews for centuries. what happened? Raid the Merch Market! https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/history-with-hilberts-market Go Fund My Windmills (Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/HistorywithHilbert Join in the Banter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistorywHilbert Enter the Fray on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistorywHilbert/ Indulge in some Instagram..?(the alliteration needs to stop): https://www.instagram.com/historywithhilbert/ Send me an email if you'd be interested in doing a collaboration! [email protected] #israel #yiddish #language