Quote Originally Posted by Adam L View Post
They're speaking Hebrew. The "Jewish" language could be many languages. There might be a strong case for Aramaic, but Yiddish would be more likely in the last few centuries.
Yes they are speaking Hebrew... a language I really struggle with...

Yiddish (along with Ladino) is derided in Israel as the "language of the exiles" -certainly in my family - and historically at least as many Jewish populations spoke Arabic and/or Farsi.