The New Joys of Yiddish
Completely Updated
More than a quarter of a century ago, Leo Rosten published the first comprehensive and hilariously entertaining lexicon of the colorful and deeply expressive language of Yiddish. Said to give body and soul to the Yiddish language,” The Joys of Yiddish went on to become an indispensable tool for writers, journalists, politicians, and students, as well as a perennial bestseller for three decades.Rosten described his book as a relaxed lexicon of Yiddish, Hebrew, and Yinglish words often encountered in English, plus dozens that ought to be, with serendipitous excursions into Jewish humor, habits, holidays, history, religion, ceremonies, folklore,…
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Weitere Autoren: Bush, Lawrence (Überarb.) / Blechman, Ro (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-0-307-56604-1
- EAN: 9780307566041
- Produktnummer: 29174443
- Verlag: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 496 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'790 KB
Über den Autor
The late LEO ROSTEN was the author of The Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, Captain Newman, M.D., and countless other books, articles, and screenplays. LAWRENCE BUSH is the author of several books about American Judaism and is the editor of Reconstructionism Today. He lives in Accord, New York.R.O. BLECHMAN's illustrations have appeared on nineteen covers of The New Yorker and have been exhibited in New York, Paris, Berlin, and Munich. The author/artist of seven books, he lives in New York City.
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