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- Yiddish proverbs / by Ayalti, Hanan J.,1910-1992.(CARDINAL)202227;
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- Subjects: Proverbs, Yiddish.;
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- Yiddish wisdom : humor and heart from the old country / by Meltzer, Rae.(CARDINAL)842775; Neal, Christopher Silas.(CARDINAL)335073;
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- Subjects: Proverbs, Yiddish.; Proverbs, Yiddish;
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- Just say nu : Yiddish for every occasion (when English just won't do) / by Wex, Michael,1954-(CARDINAL)684213;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Greeting and meeting -- Stages of life -- Food and drink -- Family life -- Protective phrases -- Madness, fury, and driving -- Health and illness -- Love and sex -- Happiness and pleasure.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 most useful Yiddish words--shoyn, nu, epes, takeh,and nebakh--what they mean, how and when to use them, and how they can be used to conduct an entire conversation without anybody ever suspecting that the reader doesn't have the vaguest idea of what anyone is actually saying. Readers will learn how to shmooze their way through such activities as meeting and greeting; eating and drinking; praising and finding fault; maintaining personal hygiene; going to the doctor; driving; parenting; getting horoscopes; committing crimes; going to singles bars; having sex; talking politics and talking trash. There's nothing in the world that can't be improved by translating it into Yiddish, and this book shows you how.--From publisher description.- Subjects: Dictionaries.; Yiddish language; Yiddish language; Yiddish language; Proverbs, Yiddish.; Yiddish wit and humor.;
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- The complete idiot's guide to learning Yiddish / by Blech, Benjamin.(CARDINAL)360140;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-335) and index.A practical introduction to grammatical rules and useful phrases, with commentaries on the Yiddish culture.- Subjects: Textbooks.; Yiddish language; Yiddish language;
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- Folklore in America; tales, songs, superstitions, proverbs, riddles, games, folk drama and folk festivals. / by Coffin, Tristram Potter,1922-2012.(CARDINAL)127814; Cohen, Hennig.(CARDINAL)127009;
Includes bibliographical references.Anthology comprising material taken from all sections of the North American continent.- Subjects: Folk tales.; Folklore;
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- A treasury of Yiddish poetry. by Howe, Irving.(CARDINAL)137878; Greenberg, Eliezer,1896-1977.(CARDINAL)128778;
The calf / Sforim -- On account of a hat / Aleichem -- Devotion without end / Peretz -- Eternal life, Hodel, The search, Dreyfus in Kasrilevke, The pair / Aleichem -- The dead town, Ne'ilah in Gehenna, Cabalists, Bontsha the silent, If not higher, The made Talmudist, Rabbi Yochanan the warden, The Golem / Peretz -- And then he wept / Pinski -- A meal for the poor / Spector -- Sanctification of a name(a legend), Kola Street / Asch -- The poor community, The big succeh, Tuition for the rebbe, The recluse / Reisen -- Mazel Tov, Father and the boys / Weissenberg.Revenge, The girl / Schneour -- White Chalah, Smoke, The Rebbe and the Rebbetsin / Shapiro -- Munie the bird dealer / Kulbak -- Repentance, Sand / Singer -- Competitors, The sick goose / Rosenfeld -- Gimpel the fool / Singer -- May the temple be restored / Opatoshu -- A page from the Song of songs / Aleichem -- My first love / Nadir -- The adventures of Hershel Summerwind / Manger -- Eating days / Shapiro -- In a backwoods town / Bergelson -- To the new world / Metzker -- A quiet garden spot / Asch -- The little shoemakers / Singer -- Higher and higher / Marcus.The eternal wedding gown / Opatoshu -- The return / Glatstein -- the man who slept through the end of the world / Nadir -- A ghetto dog / Spiegel -- My quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner / Grade -- Yiddish Proverbs -- A tale of a candelabrum / Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav -- Stories of Hershel Ostropolier -- Tales of Chelm.- Subjects: Yiddish poetry; English poetry;
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