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Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: Gei gazinta hait

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: Gei gazinta hait

Published July 11, 2021

Unlike Latin, which I arguably don’t know, but am going to say this anyway, Yiddish has style. To me, the style comes not just from the incredibly humorous sounding words, but from the literal way our great-great-grandparents, great-grandparents,...

Yiddish Wit Of The Week: Di velt iz sheyn nor di mentshn makhn zi mies

Yiddish Wit Of The Week: Di velt iz sheyn nor di mentshn makhn zi mies

Published July 6, 2021

YiddishWit.com is a collection of Yiddish proverbs and sayings and expressions that are published in Yiddish and that lend themselves to illustration. The illustrations are created by Johanna Kovitz, and are adaptations and recombinations of existing...

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: Tsatskele der mames

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: Tsatskele der mames

Published July 3, 2021

Unlike Latin, which I arguably don’t know, but am going to say this anyway, Yiddish has style. To me, the style comes not just from the incredibly humorous sounding words, but from the literal way our great-great-grandparents, great-grandparents,...

Yiddish Wit Of The Week | Zayn vort zol zayn a shtekn....

Yiddish Wit Of The Week | Zayn vort zol zayn a shtekn….

Published June 29, 2021

YiddishWit.com is a collection of Yiddish proverbs and sayings and expressions that are published in Yiddish and that lend themselves to illustration. The illustrations are created by Johanna Kovitz, and are adaptations and recombinations of existing...

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: A volf farlirt zayne hor, ober nit zayn natur

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: A volf farlirt zayne hor, ober nit zayn natur

Published June 27, 2021

Unlike Latin, which I arguably don’t know, but am going to say this anyway, Yiddish has style. To me, the style comes not just from the incredibly humorous sounding words, but from the literal way our great-great-grandparents, great-grandparents,...

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: A halber nar iz a gantser khokhem

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: A halber nar iz a gantser khokhem

Jordan Palmer and Rabbi Ben NewmanPublished June 21, 2021

Unlike Latin, which I arguably don’t know, but am going to say this anyway, Yiddish has style. To me, the style comes not just from the incredibly humorous sounding words, but from the literal way our great-great-grandparents, great-grandparents,...

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: A patsh farheylt

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: A patsh farheylt

Published June 14, 2021

Unlike Latin, which I arguably don’t know, but am going to say this anyway, Yiddish has style. To me, the style comes not just from the incredibly humorous sounding words, but from the literal way our great-great-grandparents, great-grandparents,...

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: Bei mir bistu shein

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: Bei mir bistu shein

Published June 7, 2021

In Godfather II, Michael Corleone says of a fellow mobster – “Hyman Roth has been dying from the same heart attack for the last twenty years.” The same thing could be said about Yiddish, the language that refuses to die, even though it has been...

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: Tsvey hassenas

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: Tsvey hassenas

Published June 1, 2021

In Godfather II, Michael Corleone says of a fellow mobster – “Hyman Roth has been dying from the same heart attack for the last twenty years.” The same thing could be said about Yiddish, the language that refuses to die, even though it has been...

Yiddish Word Of The Week: Vilde Chaye

Yiddish Word Of The Week: Vilde Chaye

JORDAN PALMER and RABBI BEN NEWMANPublished May 24, 2021

In Godfather II, Michael Corleone says of a fellow mobster – “Hyman Roth has been dying from the same heart attack for the last twenty years.” The same thing could be said about Yiddish, the language that refuses to die, even though it has been...

Yiddish animal sounds that will make you LOL

Yiddish animal sounds that will make you LOL

LIOR ZALTZMAN, KVELLERPublished May 20, 2021

This story originally appeared on Kveller Last month, Kveller had the honor of hosting an amazing author and Yiddish professor Miriam Udel, who led us in a family-friendly introduction to Yiddish class. It was hardly your run-of-the-mill, didactic...

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: Shmatta and Schlump

Yiddish Word(s) Of The Week: Shmatta and Schlump

JORDAN PALMER and RABBI BEN NEWMANPublished May 17, 2021

In Godfather II, Michael Corleone says of a fellow mobster - "Hyman Roth has been dying from the same heart attack for the last twenty years." The same thing could be said about Yiddish, the language that refuses to die, even though it has been described...

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