Born to Kvetch Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods

Name: Born to Kvetch Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods
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ISBN: 9780061132179

ISBN-10: 0061132179

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Authors: Michael Wex

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A delightful excursion through the Yiddish language, the culture it defines and serves, and the fine art of complaint Throughout history, Jews around the world have had plenty of reasons to lament. And for a thousand years, they've had the perfect language for it. Rich in color, expressiveness, and complexity, Yiddish has proven incredibly useful and durable. Its wonderful phrases and idioms impeccably reflect the mind-set that has enabled the Jews of Europe to survive a millennium of unrelenting persecution . . . and enables them to kvetch about it! Michael Wex-professor, scholar, translator, novelist, and performer-takes a serious yet unceasingly fun and funny look at this…

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List price: $18.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Kvetch Que C'est? The Origins of Yiddish



Six Feet Under, Baking Bagels: Yiddish in Action



Something Else to Kvetch About: Yiddish Dialects



Pigs, Poultry, and Pampers: The Religious Roots of Yiddish



Discouraging Words: Yiddish and the Forces of Darkness



You Should Grow Like an Onion: The Yiddish Curse



If It Wasn't for Bad Luck: Mazl, Misery, and Money



"Bupkes Means a Lot of Nothing": Yiddish and Nature



Making a Tsimmes Food-Kosher and Treyf



A Slap in the Tukhes and Hello: Yiddish Life from Birth to Bar Mitzvah



More Difficult Than Splitting the Red Sea: Courtship and Marriage



Too Good for the Goyim: Sex in Yiddish



It Should Happen to You: Death in Yiddish


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