The Jerusalem Bridge
בלאָנדזשען
blondzhen
to wander around lost, to lose one's way · verb
Illustration for the Yiddish word blondzhen

Not lost sitting on a bench. Lost while still walking, still turning corners, still convinced the address is around the next one.

מיר האָבן געבלאָנדזשעט אַ גאַנצע שעה איבערן ניו־יאָרקער סאָבוויי.

We wandered around lost for a whole hour on the New York subway.

When did you last blondzhe somewhere — a subway, an airport, a street you were sure you knew?

Published 28 August 2026

These are written by Yaacov, a native Jerusalemite who teaches Hebrew, Yiddish, Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic one-to-one.

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