Yiddish, you say? Nu?: A Yiddish Wordbook by Newborn, Sasha

Yiddish, you say? Nu?: A Yiddish Wordbook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780930012656)

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Yiddish, you say? Nu?: A Yiddish Wordbook by Newborn, Sasha

Yiddish, you say? Nu?: A Yiddish Wordbook

$6.95
Yiddish, you say? Nu?: A Yiddish Wordbook by Newborn, Sasha

Yiddish, you say? Nu?: A Yiddish Wordbook

$6.95
Format: Paperback
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A vocabulary of Yiddish terms, common expressions, and proverbs. Many Yiddish terms have entered the English language, describing character or emotion (usually displeasure) that have no ready equivalent, such as klutz, kvetch, shmoose, or kibbitz. Yiddish as a language grew out of Medieval German and Hebrew, and spread through Eastern Europe among Ashkenazi Jews. With the worldwide spread of Jewry in many countries, Yiddish plays two roles: as a language unto itself, and as a "lending" language for terms and attitudes about business, sexuality, or human relations.

Author: Sasha Newborn
ISBN-10: 0930012658
ISBN-13: 9780930012656
Publisher: Mudborn Press
Language: English
Published: 01/08/2014
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.23d
By Sasha Newborn
By Sasha Newborn
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The editor, Sasha Newborn, lived in New York City for several years, and has been a small publisher (Mudborn Press, Bandanna Books, Beta Books) for forty years, now living in Santa Barbara. Newborn has written two novels; edited several anthologies; translated texts from Greek, Urdu, Russian; published bilingual texts; and modernized a number of classics, including the Shakespeare Director's Playbook series.

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