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How Yiddish changed America and how America changed Yiddish / by Stavans, Ilan,editor.(CARDINAL)365637; Stavans, Ilan,editor.(CARDINAL)365637; Lambert, Joshua N.,editor.(CARDINAL)821782;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Politics and possibility -- the mother tongue remixed -- eat, enjoy, and forget -- American commemoration -- the childrenIs it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how has Yiddish, a language without a country, influenced Hollywood? These and other questions are explored in this stunning and rich anthology of the interplay of Yiddish and American culture, edited by award-winning authors and scholars Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert. -- the other Americas.
Subjects: Yiddish language; Yiddish language; English language;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The Yiddish policemen's union [Large Print] / by Chabon, Michael.(CARDINAL)347807;
Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Large print books.; Alternative histories (Fiction); Jews; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 5
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union / by Chabon, Michaelauthor.(DLC)n 87915233 ;
Includes bibliographical references.In an alternate world in which Alaska, rather than Israel, has become the homeland for the Jews following World War II, Detective Meyer Landsman and his half-Tlingit partner Berko investigate the death of a heroin-addicted chess prodigy.
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Detective fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Jews; Drug addicts; Murder; Detective and mystery stories.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Vagabond stars : a world history of Yiddish theater / by Sandrow, Nahma.(CARDINAL)192326;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-427) and index.
Subjects: Theater, Yiddish; Yiddish drama;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A Yiddish world remembered [videorecording]. by Goldberg, Andrew,1968-drt.; Gould, Elliott.(CARDINAL)772435; Schimberg, Aaron.; Shanachie Entertainment Corp.; Two Cats Productions.;
Produced and directed by Andrew Goldberg; editor, Aaron Schimberg.Narrator, Elliot Gould.This videodisc looks back at the all but vanished Jewish way of life that existed in eastern Europe before World War II. Through never before seen archival films, vintage photographs, traditional cantorial and Klezmer music, and personal recollections, once-vibrant cities and small towns come alive again. Narrated by Elliot Gould, the film explores everything from the fascinating language of Yiddish to the style of dress and more.DVD format.
Subjects: Jews; Jews; Judaism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The joys of Yiddish; a relaxed lexicon of Yiddish, Hebrew and Yinglish words often encountered in English ... from the days of the Bible to those of the beatnik / by Rosten, Leo,1908-1997.,author(CARDINAL)152522;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Controlled vocabularies.; Dictionaries.; Yiddish language; Jewish wit and humor.; English language;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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The Yiddish theatre in America / by Lifson, David S.(CARDINAL)195144;
Bibliography: pages 626-647.
Subjects: Jewish theater.; Theater;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A dictionary of Yiddish slang & idioms / by Kogos, Fred.(CARDINAL)761394;
Yiddish-English -- English-Yiddish.
Subjects: Dictionaries.; English language; Yiddish language; Yiddish language;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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My first Yiddish word book / by Sussman, Joni Kibort.(CARDINAL)487022; Marzel, Pepi.(CARDINAL)757252;
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Subjects: Dictionaries.; Picture dictionaries, Yiddish; Picture dictionaries, English; Yiddish language; English language;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Penguin book of modern Yiddish verse / by Howe, Irving.(CARDINAL)137878; Wisse, Ruth R.(CARDINAL)138734; Shmeruk, Chone,1921-1997.(CARDINAL)157630;
Bibliography: pages 705-709.
Subjects: Poetry.; Yiddish poetry.; Yiddish poetry; English poetry;
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