Author: Meish Goldish
Publisher: Behrman House Publishing
ISBN: 9780874419672
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Has some mishagas been driving you crazy? Bubbala, listen to me: go steal your kinder's crayons and pencils. It's time for you to start potchkeying with these fun, Yiddish inspired coloring pages. Trust me, all your tsuris will melt away from the coloring. No, it doesn't matter if you've always been a klutz with color. This is the book for you, I tell you. So, nu? What are you waiting for? It's a shanda that you haven't started coloring already! Pick up a pencil!These 34 coloring pages (and 34 jokes!) featuring Yiddish words and expressions will give you so much naches, you'll be kvelling.
Oy Vey! a Yiddish Coloring Book?
Author: Meish Goldish
Publisher: Behrman House Publishing
ISBN: 9780874419672
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Has some mishagas been driving you crazy? Bubbala, listen to me: go steal your kinder's crayons and pencils. It's time for you to start potchkeying with these fun, Yiddish inspired coloring pages. Trust me, all your tsuris will melt away from the coloring. No, it doesn't matter if you've always been a klutz with color. This is the book for you, I tell you. So, nu? What are you waiting for? It's a shanda that you haven't started coloring already! Pick up a pencil!These 34 coloring pages (and 34 jokes!) featuring Yiddish words and expressions will give you so much naches, you'll be kvelling.
Publisher: Behrman House Publishing
ISBN: 9780874419672
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Has some mishagas been driving you crazy? Bubbala, listen to me: go steal your kinder's crayons and pencils. It's time for you to start potchkeying with these fun, Yiddish inspired coloring pages. Trust me, all your tsuris will melt away from the coloring. No, it doesn't matter if you've always been a klutz with color. This is the book for you, I tell you. So, nu? What are you waiting for? It's a shanda that you haven't started coloring already! Pick up a pencil!These 34 coloring pages (and 34 jokes!) featuring Yiddish words and expressions will give you so much naches, you'll be kvelling.
If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Say It in Yiddish
Author: Lita Epstein
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 0806538767
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
You don’t have to be Jewish to get back at the shmendriks* of the world Yiddish. It’s the most colorful language in the history of mankind. What other language gives you a whole dictionary of ways to tell someone to drop dead? That schmuck who got promoted over you? Meigulgl zol er vern in a henglaykhter, by tog zol er hengen, un by nakht zol er brenen. (He should be transformed into a chandelier, to hang by day and to burn by night.) That soccer mom kibitzing on her cell phone and tying up traffic? Shteyner zol zi hobn, nit keyn kinder. (She should have stones and not children.) If You Can’t Say Anything Nice, Say It in Yiddish is the perfect glossary of Yiddish insults and curses, from the short and sweet to the whole megillah (Khasene hobn zol er mit di malekh hamoves tokhter: He should marry the daughter of the Angel of Death.) Complete with hundreds of the most creative insults for the putzes** and kvetchers *** of the world, this is an indispensable guide for Jews and Gentiles alike. When it comes to cursing someone who sorely needs it, may you never be at a loss for words again. *Idiots **More idiots ***Complainer; a pain in the tuchas**** **** One’s rear end
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 0806538767
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
You don’t have to be Jewish to get back at the shmendriks* of the world Yiddish. It’s the most colorful language in the history of mankind. What other language gives you a whole dictionary of ways to tell someone to drop dead? That schmuck who got promoted over you? Meigulgl zol er vern in a henglaykhter, by tog zol er hengen, un by nakht zol er brenen. (He should be transformed into a chandelier, to hang by day and to burn by night.) That soccer mom kibitzing on her cell phone and tying up traffic? Shteyner zol zi hobn, nit keyn kinder. (She should have stones and not children.) If You Can’t Say Anything Nice, Say It in Yiddish is the perfect glossary of Yiddish insults and curses, from the short and sweet to the whole megillah (Khasene hobn zol er mit di malekh hamoves tokhter: He should marry the daughter of the Angel of Death.) Complete with hundreds of the most creative insults for the putzes** and kvetchers *** of the world, this is an indispensable guide for Jews and Gentiles alike. When it comes to cursing someone who sorely needs it, may you never be at a loss for words again. *Idiots **More idiots ***Complainer; a pain in the tuchas**** **** One’s rear end
Five Little Gefiltes
Author: Dave Horowitz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399246088
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Five little gefilte fish sneak out of their jar to explore the world, but Mama Gefilte isn't happy to see her little ones leave.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399246088
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Five little gefilte fish sneak out of their jar to explore the world, but Mama Gefilte isn't happy to see her little ones leave.
Gitty and Kvetch
Author: Caroline Kusin Pritchard
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534478272
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
In this hilariously sweet story about an opposites-attract friendship, chock-full of Yiddish humor, a girl and her best bird friend’s perfect day turns into a perfect opportunity to see things differently. Gitty and her feathered-friend Kvetch couldn’t be more different: Gitty always sees the bright side of life, while her curmudgeonly friend Kvetch is always complaining and, well, kvetching about the trouble they get into. One perfect day, Gitty ropes Kvetch into shlepping off on a new adventure to their perfect purple treehouse. Even when Kvetch sees signs of impending doom everywhere, Gitty finds silver linings and holds onto her super special surprise reason for completing their mission. But when her perfect plan goes awry, oy vey, suddenly it’s Gitty who’s down in the dumps. Can Kvetch come out of his funk to lift Gitty’s spirits back up?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534478272
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
In this hilariously sweet story about an opposites-attract friendship, chock-full of Yiddish humor, a girl and her best bird friend’s perfect day turns into a perfect opportunity to see things differently. Gitty and her feathered-friend Kvetch couldn’t be more different: Gitty always sees the bright side of life, while her curmudgeonly friend Kvetch is always complaining and, well, kvetching about the trouble they get into. One perfect day, Gitty ropes Kvetch into shlepping off on a new adventure to their perfect purple treehouse. Even when Kvetch sees signs of impending doom everywhere, Gitty finds silver linings and holds onto her super special surprise reason for completing their mission. But when her perfect plan goes awry, oy vey, suddenly it’s Gitty who’s down in the dumps. Can Kvetch come out of his funk to lift Gitty’s spirits back up?
Yiddishe Mamas
Author: Marnie Winston-Macauley
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740788892
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The Jewish mother feels her job isn't done even after death. You're never too dead to be a Jewish mother." --Mallory Lewis, daughter of Shari Lewis * What do Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Jon Stewart, Bette Midler, and Natalie Portman have in common with this book? A Jewish mother. Is there such a thing as a Jewish mother? And if so, who is she? For the first time, best-selling Jewish author and humorist Marnie Winston-Macauley examines all aspects of the Jewish mother. Chronicling biblical Jewish mothers to modern-day Yentls, she creates a compendium using celebrity interviews, anecdotes, humor, and scholarly sources to answer these questions with truth and humor. * Contributors to the book range from Dr. Ruth Gruber and Rabbi Bonnie Koppel to Jackie Mason, Amy Borkowsky, John Stossel, Lainie Kazan, and more. * "The definitive source on Jewish mothers." --Eileen Warshaw, Ph.D., executive director of the Jewish Heritage Center of the Southwest
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740788892
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The Jewish mother feels her job isn't done even after death. You're never too dead to be a Jewish mother." --Mallory Lewis, daughter of Shari Lewis * What do Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Jon Stewart, Bette Midler, and Natalie Portman have in common with this book? A Jewish mother. Is there such a thing as a Jewish mother? And if so, who is she? For the first time, best-selling Jewish author and humorist Marnie Winston-Macauley examines all aspects of the Jewish mother. Chronicling biblical Jewish mothers to modern-day Yentls, she creates a compendium using celebrity interviews, anecdotes, humor, and scholarly sources to answer these questions with truth and humor. * Contributors to the book range from Dr. Ruth Gruber and Rabbi Bonnie Koppel to Jackie Mason, Amy Borkowsky, John Stossel, Lainie Kazan, and more. * "The definitive source on Jewish mothers." --Eileen Warshaw, Ph.D., executive director of the Jewish Heritage Center of the Southwest
Hineni: Prayerbook Hebrew for Adults
Author: Behrman House
Publisher: Behrman House, Inc
ISBN: 9780874417890
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
In 136 clear concise pages Hineni: Prayerbook Hebrew for Adults prepares adult learners for full participation in Shabbat morning services.
Publisher: Behrman House, Inc
ISBN: 9780874417890
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
In 136 clear concise pages Hineni: Prayerbook Hebrew for Adults prepares adult learners for full participation in Shabbat morning services.
The Jewish Encyclopedia
Author: Isidore Singer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
V.I:Aach-Apocalyptic lit.--V.2: Apocrypha-Benash--V.3:Bencemero-Chazanuth--V.4:Chazars-Dreyfus--V.5: Dreyfus-Brisac-Goat--V.6: God-Istria--V.7:Italy-Leon--V.8:Leon-Moravia--V.9:Morawczyk-Philippson--V.10:Philippson-Samoscz--V.11:Samson-Talmid--V.12: Talmud-Zweifel.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
V.I:Aach-Apocalyptic lit.--V.2: Apocrypha-Benash--V.3:Bencemero-Chazanuth--V.4:Chazars-Dreyfus--V.5: Dreyfus-Brisac-Goat--V.6: God-Istria--V.7:Italy-Leon--V.8:Leon-Moravia--V.9:Morawczyk-Philippson--V.10:Philippson-Samoscz--V.11:Samson-Talmid--V.12: Talmud-Zweifel.
The Jewish Phenomenon
Author: Steve Silbiger
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 1563525666
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
With truly startling statistics and a wealth of anecdotes, Silbiger reveals the cultural principles that form the bedrock of Jewish success in America.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 1563525666
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
With truly startling statistics and a wealth of anecdotes, Silbiger reveals the cultural principles that form the bedrock of Jewish success in America.
The I. L. Peretz Reader
Author: I. L. Peretz
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480440787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 749
Book Description
These short works from a master of Jewish literature offer “a brilliantly evocative tribute to a bygone era” (Publishers Weekly). Isaac Leybush Peretz is one of the most influential figures of modern Jewish culture. Born in Poland and dedicated to Yiddish culture, he recognized that Jews needed to adapt to their times while preserving their cultural heritage, and his captivating and beautiful writings explore the complexities inherent in the struggle between tradition and the desire for progress. This book, which presents a memoir, poem, travelogue, and twenty-six stories by Peretz, also provides a detailed essay about Peretz’s life by Ruth R. Wisse. This edition of the book includes, as well, Peretz’s great visionary drama A Night in the Old Marketplace, in a rhymed, performable translation by Hillel Halkin.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480440787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 749
Book Description
These short works from a master of Jewish literature offer “a brilliantly evocative tribute to a bygone era” (Publishers Weekly). Isaac Leybush Peretz is one of the most influential figures of modern Jewish culture. Born in Poland and dedicated to Yiddish culture, he recognized that Jews needed to adapt to their times while preserving their cultural heritage, and his captivating and beautiful writings explore the complexities inherent in the struggle between tradition and the desire for progress. This book, which presents a memoir, poem, travelogue, and twenty-six stories by Peretz, also provides a detailed essay about Peretz’s life by Ruth R. Wisse. This edition of the book includes, as well, Peretz’s great visionary drama A Night in the Old Marketplace, in a rhymed, performable translation by Hillel Halkin.
All that is Solid Melts Into Air
Author: Marshall Berman
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9780860917854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The experience of modernization -- the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world -- and modernism in art, literature and architecture are brilliantly integrated in this account.
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9780860917854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The experience of modernization -- the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world -- and modernism in art, literature and architecture are brilliantly integrated in this account.