Top 10 Best "Yiddish" Books

The New Joys of Yiddish

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Drek!

Yetta Emmes
Kim Wilson Brandt

Yiddish

Drek!

One doesn't have to be Jewish to recognize the words that have made their way into every fold of popular language: Chutzpah, Mensch, Tokhes, Mishmash, Nudge, Shtick, Schmaltzy, Schlep, Icky, and so on. Then there are phrases whose meaning and syntax are borrowed from Yiddish: "bite your tongue", "drop dead", "enough already", and "excuse the expression". This hilarious, concise guide includes chapters on the Basic Descriptions of People (the good, the bad, the ugly, and the goofy), the Fine Art of Cursing, Juicy Words and Phrases, Exclamations and Exasperations, and the Fine Art of Blessing.

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If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Say It In Yiddish

L.B. Epstein

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Modern English-Yiddish / Yiddish-English Dictionary…

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Yiddish

Miriam Weinstein

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College Yiddish

Uriel Weinreich
Uriel Weinreich

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Just Say Nu

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Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish…

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Born to Kvetch

Michael Wex

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The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Michael Chabon

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Yiddish with Dick and Jane

Jane is in real estate. Today is Saturday. Jane has an open house. She must schlep the Open House signs to the car. See Jane schlep . Schlep , Jane. Schlep . Schlep, schlep, schlep. In text that captures the unque rhythms of the original Dick and Jane readers, and in 35 all-new illustrations, a story unfolds in which Dick and Jane--hero and heroine of the classic books for children that generations of Americans have used when learning to read--manage to express shades of feeling and nuances of meaning that ordinary English just can't deliver. How? By speaking Yiddish, employing terms that convey an attitude --part plucky self-assertion, part ironic fatalism. When Dick schmoozes , when Jane kvetches , when their children fress noodles at a Chinese restaurant, the clash of cultures produces genuine hilarity.

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Yiddish with Dick and Jane

Ellis Weiner
Barbara Davilman

Yiddish

My First Yiddish Word Book

Joni Kibort Sussman
Pepi Marzel

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