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1	Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods more books like this by Michael Wex add to wishlist As the main spoken language of the Jews for more than a thousand years, Yiddish has had plenty to lament, plenty to conceal. Through the idioms, phrases, metaphors, and fascinating history of this "kvetch-full tongue," Wex provides a moving and inspiring portrait of a people, and a language, in exile. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish more books like this by Benjamin Blech, Rabbi add to wishlist You're not idiot, of course. You can serve up a mean s'il vous plait in a French bistro, live la vida loca for a night of margaritas, and manage a sayonara! after sushi, sake, and karaoke. But when it comes to throwing around a little Yiddish, you feel like a total nebbish! Don't throw your hands in a helpless "Oy, vey" just yet! The Complete ... see all copies from $5.46! new only from $10.95! \| SVS
3	Just Say NU: Yiddish for Every Occasion (When English Just Won't Do) more books like this by Michael Wex (Read by) add to wishlist From the author of the hilarious bestseller "Born to Kvetch" comes an indispensable guide to the Yiddish language. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	How to talk Jewish more books like this by Jackie Mason, Ira Berkow add to wishlist Yiddish is one of the most expressive of all the languages in the world. Like Latin and Sanskrit, Yiddish is a dying language in our society, except--and this is a big except--when it rolls off the tongue of Tony Award-winner Jackie Mason. Mason presents 100 Yiddish/Jewish words, phrases, and expressions, along with a pronunciation, definition and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Joys of Yiddish more books like this by Leo Calvin Rosten add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $212.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Words on Fire: The Unfinished Story of Yiddish more books like this by Dovid Katz add to wishlist This title presents a major new history of the Yiddish language, its culture and its literature - with a provocative argument about its future as a living language. From its ancient roots in Hebrew and Aramaic, through its rise as the common language of Jews in medieval Europe to its blossoming as sophisticated modern literature, the story of ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Drek!: The Real Yiddish Your Bubbe Never Taught You more books like this by Yetta Emmes, Kim Wilson Brandt (Illustrator) add to wishlist One doesn't have to be Jewish to recognize the words which 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 ... see all copies from $3.51! new only from $5.20! \| SVS
8	College Yiddish; an introduction to the Yiddish language and to Jewish life and culture. more books like this by Uriel Weinreich add to wishlist see all copies from $19.95! new only from $59.90!
9	A Dictionary of Yiddish Slang & Idioms more books like this by Fred Kogos add to wishlist This is a fascinating, useful, sometimes riotously funny collection of colloquialisms, proverbs, curses, wise maxims and ribald expressions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary: A Reprint of the 1928 Expanded Second Edition more books like this by Alexander Harkavy, Dovid Katz add to wishlist Alexander Harkavy (1863-1939) is credited with almost single-handedly creating an intellectual environment conducive to Yiddish, and his trilingual dictionary is an indispensable tool for research in Yiddish language and literature. This dictionary has been a classic since it originally appeared in New York in 1925. see all copies from $19.38! new only from $19.38! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods more books like this by Michael Wex add to wishlist As the main spoken language of the Jews for more than a thousand years, Yiddish has had plenty to lament, plenty to conceal. Its phrases, idioms, and expressions paint a comprehensive picture of the mind-set that enabled the Jews of Europe to survive a millennium of unrelenting persecution: they never stopped "kvetching"---about God, gentiles, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Modern English-Yiddish Dictionary more books like this by Uriel Weinreich add to wishlist Furnishes the advanced student of Yiddish with access to the language of modern cultivated usage. Meant to serve him as a guide to the correct and idiomatic employment of the language in speech and in writing. see all copies from $18.41! new only from $18.41! \| SVS
13 view cover	Yiddish: A Nation of Words more books like this by Miriam Weinstein add to wishlist A study of the role that a language played in defining and holding a nation together. see all copies from $3.42! new only from $6.19! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Meaning of Yiddish more books like this by Professor Benjamin Harshav add to wishlist With a rare combination of erudition and insight, the author investigates the major aspects of Yiddish language and culture, showing where Yiddish came from and what it has to offer, even as it ceases to be a living language. Reviews Harshav s book is a first-class study of Yiddish as both language and culture, rich with linguistic detail and ... see all copies from $7.08! new only from $21.85! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Yiddish Dictionary Sourcebook: A Transliterated Guide to the Yiddish Language more books like this by Herman Galvin, Stan Tamarkin add to wishlist Containing over 8,500 Yiddish words and phrases in transliteration, The Yiddish Dictionary Sourcebook is the handiest guide available for those who wish to learn colloquial Yiddish. It features a comprehensive Yiddish-English/English-Yiddish dictionary which pays special attention to those words most useful for everyday conversation. Every word is ... see all copies from $17.50! new only from $37.60! \| first editions
16	The Yiddish Teacher more books like this by Hyman E Goldin add to wishlist see all copies from $6.00!
17 view cover	Yiddish and English: The Story of Yiddish in America more books like this by Sol Steinmetz add to wishlist Yiddish arrived in America as the mother tongue of millions of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe. Gradually it infiltrated the majority language and "Jewish English" was created, with words such as "kosher" and "chutzpah." Yiddish had first developed from language sharing as Jews of northern France and northern Italy migrated into the German ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $22.95! \| SVS
18	201 Yiddish Verbs, Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses, Alphabetically Arranged more books like this by Anna C. Rockowitz add to wishlist see all copies from $44.98!
19 view cover	Instant Yiddish more books like this by Fred Kogos add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.19! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Talk Dirty Yiddish: Beyond Drek: The Curses, Slang, and Street Lingo You Need to Know When You Speak Yiddish more books like this by Ilene Schneider add to wishlist This is the Yiddish they didnat teach at Temple. This book gives readers the lowdown on how to really spit the Hebrew alphabet. With plenty of slang, curses, and idiomatic expressions, this book gives readersa Yiddish vocabulary a real kick in the toches. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.28! \| SVS
21	In Praise of Yiddish more books like this by Maurice Samuel add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22	Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary more books like this by Dovid Katz, Alexander Harkavy (Editor), David Katz (Introduction by) add to wishlist An invaluable reference work for students of Yiddish language and literature. A reprint of the 1982 expanded edition. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
23	Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary more books like this by Uriel Weinreich add to wishlist see all copies from $14.28! first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Hooray for Yiddish!: A Book about English more books like this by Leo Calvin Rosten add to wishlist The English dictionary contains many Yiddish words that have won acceptance in our everyday language. We shlep our bags to the car, admire the chutzpa of an ambitious businesswoman, and laugh at the shtick of our favorite comedian. In this book, author Leo Rosten explores the aspects of Yiddish that make it a uniquely expressive, funny, and catchy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.83! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Anglish/Yinglish: Yiddish in American Life and Literature more books like this by Gene Bluestein add to wishlist Writers have celebrated the fruitful dialogue between English and Yiddish for decades. In this engrossing lexicon, Gene Bluestein reveals the full extent of that dialogue, introducing 'Anglish, or Anglicized Yiddish, in which a Yiddish word is integrated into English usage, as in 'shmo' and 'shmoozing'; and Yinglish, or Yiddishized English, in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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