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Rishik Gandhasri of San Jose aced two Jewish terms — yiddishkeit and keriah — in the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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This San Jose 7th-grader won the National Spelling Bee with Yiddish and Hebrew

by JTA and Lior Zaltzman May 31, 2019June 3, 2019

Yesterday, when the first rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals kicked off, the word “Yiddishkeit” nearly stumped contestant no. 5, Rishik Gandhasri from San Jose. The 7th grader […]