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How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck)
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 11.99There are people out there, millions of them, who act as if they still believe everything that their mothers told them in the first six months of their life: they're the nicest, most beautiful, most promising and intelligent bags of flesh ever to walk the earth, and anybody who can't see it is a jealous fool. We call these people shmucks .... more...
The Frumkiss Family Business
Knopf Canada 2010; US$ 17.95Thomas Mann meets Mordecai Richler in this outstanding novel of great intellect and humour that already reads like a classic. The Frumkiss family doesn't look much different from any of the others in Toronto's Bathurst Manor. Grandpa survived the Holocaust; Grandma the Second came from Poland at the age of five. Dad's a foot doctor; Mom is dead, and... more...
Born To Kvetch
St. Martin's Press 2007; US$ 7.99As 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, children,... more...
Just Say Nu
St. Martin's Press 2007; US$ 7.99A cross between Henry Beard's Latin for All Occasions and Ben Schott's Schott's Original Miscellany , JUST SAY NU is a practical guide to using Yiddish words and expressions in day-to-day situations. Along with enough grammar to enable readers to put together a comprehensible sentence and avoid embarrassing mistakes, Wex also explains the five... more...
Born to Kvetch
Souvenir Press 2011; US$ 17.50Kvetching is to the Jewish soul what breathing is to the Jewish body. For Jews, kvetching is a way of understanding the world. It is rooted, like so much of Jewish culture, in the Bible where the Israelites grumble endlessly. They complain about their problems, and complain as much about the solutions. They kvetch in Egypt and they kvetch in the... more...
Born to Nosh
Scribner 2013; US$ 26.00From the author of the beloved New York Times bestseller Born to Kvetch comes an entertaining and informative look at the social history of Jewish food. Bagels, kosher hot dogs, pickles, deli sandwiches, and rye bread are just a few of the Jewish dishes that have become staples in American homes. Born to Nosh examines where these foods came... more...
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