Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
My first Yiddish word book My first Yiddish word book Joni Kibort Sussman Did you know that Yiddish is written in Hebrew letters but pronounced more like German? Introduce your kids to their mama loshen (mother tongue) and open the door to their cultural heritage! The basi… OL11919035W
Drek! Drek! Yetta Emmes One doesn't have to be Jewish to recognize the words that have made their way into every fold of popular language: Chutzpah, Mensch, Tokhes, Mishmash, Nudge, Shtick, Schmaltzy, Schlep, Icky, and so o… OL1915676W
The oy way The oy way Harvey Leonard Gotliffe The Oy Way offers a meshuge (crazy) philosophy that combines meditation, exercise, and humor set forth in easy-to-learn Yiddish. It will be a mekhiye (great pleasure) to read and follow -- even if it… OL19956168W
The JPS dictionary of Jewish words The JPS dictionary of Jewish words Joyce Eisenberg,Ellen Scolnic Over 1000 entries for Jewish holidays and life-cycle events, culture, history, the Bible and other sacred texts, and worship. Each entry has a pronunciation guide and is cross-referenced to related t… OL20886747W
English-Yiddish [and Yiddish-English] dictionary English-Yiddish [and Yiddish-English] dictionary Alexander Harkavy I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE AN ORIGINAL COPY OF THE: ENGLISH -YIDDISH DICTIONARY BY ALEXANDER HARKAVY. IT READS: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1891 BY THE ENGLISH AND HEBREW PUBLICATION… OL4231245W
Yiddish and English Yiddish and English Sol Steinmetz "Yiddish arrived in America as the mother tongue of millions of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe. Not only did this language without a homeland survive in the great American melting pot, it inf… OL5364743W