The New Joys of Yiddish
Completely Updated
Harmony/Rodale/Convergent · Print & ebook · August 26, 2003
Enjoy the most comprehensive and hilariously entertaining lexicon of the colorful and deeply expressive language of Yiddish.
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- Who it’s for
- A playful lexicon brings Yiddish words together with jokes, cultural history, and notes on change.
- Themes
- Yiddish language and vocabulary, Yiddish cultural history, Language change over time
- Genres
- Yiddish Language Study, Word Lists & Usage, Judaism
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Enjoy the most comprehensive and hilariously entertaining lexicon of the colorful and deeply expressive language of Yiddish. With the recent renaissance of interest in Yiddish, and in keeping with a language that embodies the variety and vibrancy of life itself, The New Joys of Yiddish brings Leo Rosten’s masterful work up to date.
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Revised for the first time by Lawrence Bush, in close consultation with Rosten’s daughters, it retains the spirit of the original—with its wonderful jokes, tidbits of cultural history, Talmudic and biblical references—and is enhanced by hundreds of new entries and thoughtful commentary on how Yiddish has evolved over the years, as well as clever illustrations by R. O. Blechman. Did you know that cockamamy, bluffer, maven, and aha! are all Yiddish words? If you did, you’re a gaon, possessing a lot of seykhl.
Yiddish, With Wit
A playful lexicon brings Yiddish words together with jokes, cultural history, and notes on change.
Come here for
- Wordplay with a side of Talmudic and biblical references
- A closer look at Yiddish’s colorful expressiveness
Expect
- Hundreds of added entries and commentary on evolving usage
- Clever illustrations alongside jokes and cultural history
Where it sits
| Yiddish Language Study | 96% |
|---|---|
| Word Lists & Usage | 34% |
| Judaism | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Yiddish Language Study
- Sociolinguistics
- Jewish Studies
- Authors
- Leo Rosten
- Publisher
- Harmony/Rodale/Convergent
- Published
- August 26, 2003
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Yiddish language and vocabulary · Yiddish cultural history · Language change over time
- Reading lane
- Yiddish Language Study