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English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary Expanded Edition (Hippocrene Practical Dictionary) by David C. Gross Publisher Comments Expanded edition.... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Mass Market 
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Just Say Nu: Yiddish for Every Occasion (07 Edition) by Michael Wex Publisher Comments In his New York Times bestseller, Born to Kvetch, author Michael Wex led readers on a hilariously edifying excursion through Yiddish culture and history. With Just Say Nu, he shows us how to use this remarkable language to spice up conversations, stories,... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods by Michael Wex Publisher Comments As the main spoken language of the Jews for more than a thousand years, Yiddish has had plenty to lament, plenty to conceal. Its phrases, idioms, and expressions paint a comprehensive picture of the mind-set that enabled the Jews of Europe to survive a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Yiddish with Dick and Jane by Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman Publisher Comments @lt;EM@gt;Jane is in real estate.@lt;BR@gt;@lt;BR@gt;Today is Saturday.@lt;/EM@gt;@lt;BR@gt;@lt;BR@gt;@lt;EM@gt;Jane has an open house.@lt;/EM@gt;@lt;BR@gt;@lt;BR@gt;@lt;EM@gt;She must@lt;/EM@gt; schlep @lt;EM@gt;the Open House signs to the car.@lt;/EM... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Yiddish with George and Laura by Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman Publisher Comments What do George and Laura Bush have in common with Dick and Jane? Well, both hail from prototypical WASP families. And, perhaps more to the point, both exhibit a natural resistance to moral complexity (i.e., reality). That's the premise of this hilarious... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Say It in Yiddish: The Book of Yiddish Insults and Curses by Lita Epstein Publisher Comments An indispensable guide for Jews and Gentiles alike, this glossary of Yiddish insults and curses comes complete with hundreds of the most creative insults for the putzes and kvetchers of the world.... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Contagious Couplings: Transmission of Expressives in Yiddish Echo Phrases by Mark R. V. Southern Publisher Comments This volume examines relationships between native languages and Yiddish. It highlights the historical and sociolinguistic development of Turkic, Iranian, South Asian, Slavic, Greek, Balkan, Judezmo, Armenian, Georgian, and Basque languages. One of the... (read more) List Price $105.00 Your price: $93.19 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Workbook (Grammar Workbooks) by Rebecca Margolis Publisher Comments Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar with related exercises in a single volume. The workbook is structured around 25 short units, each presenting relevant grammar points which are explained using multiple... (read more) Your price: $150.00 New - Hardcover
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Opgang by Dovid Bergelson Publisher Comments Descent, published in 1920, describes the complex Jewish life of Russia and Ukraine through the turbulent period leading up to the October Revolution of 1917: the emptiness of bourgeois values, the rise of secularism, the rejection of old traditions, the... (read more) Your price: $13.75 New - Trade Paper
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The Parables of the Preacher of Doubno, V1-2 by Israel J. Zevin Publisher Comments Two Volumes In One. This Book Is In Yiddish.... (read more) Your price: $65.75 New - Hardcover
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish (Complete Idiot's Guides) by Benjamin Blech Publisher Comments You’re no idiot, of course. You can serve up a mean s’il vous plaît in a French bistro, live la vida loca for a night of margaritas, and manage a sayonara! after sushi, sake, and karaoke. But when it comes to throwing around a... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Mass Market
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Learning Alsatian Through English by Paul Adolf Publisher Comments A new comparative reference guide for English speaking learners of Alsatian German. This comparative multilingual dictionary is based on the main similarities between the two languages and will show how English speakers can take advantage of the... (read more) Your price: $104.25 New - Hardcover
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Just Say Nu: Yiddish for Every Occasion (When English Just Won't Do) by Michael Wex Publisher Comments A practical and lighthearted guide to using Yiddish in everyday situations provides introductory grammatical guidelines while counseling practitioners on how to make their way through conversations at a variety of occasions. 100,000 first printing.... (read more) Your price: $6.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Ineffable Name of God (07 Edition) by Heschel Synopsis These 66 poems, here in English and Yiddish on facing pages, were collected in the first book Abraham Joshua Heschel ever published. They appeared in Warsaw in 1933 when Heschel was 26 years old and still a doctoral candidate in philosophy at the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Dictionary of Popular Yiddish Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Fred Kogos Publisher Comments This fascinating, useful, and funny collection of proverbs, curses, maxims, and ribald expressions will teach readers all they ever wanted to know about this remarkable language.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Yiddish: A Nation of Words by Miriam Weinstein Publisher Comments THIS FIRST-EVER popular history of Yiddish is so full of life that it reads like a biography of the language. For a thousand years Yiddish was the glue that held a people together. Through the intimacies of daily use, it linked European Jews with their... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods by Michael Wex Publisher Comments As the main spoken language of the Jews for more than a thousand years, Yiddish has had plenty to lament, plenty to conceal. Its phrases, idioms, and expressions paint a comprehensive picture of the mind-set that enabled the Jews of Europe to survive a... (read more) Your price: $6.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Wars of the Hasmoneans: The Four Books of the Maccabees and the Book of Judith by Gershom Bader Publisher Comments Text Is In Yiddish. Together With The Midrashic Accounts Concerning The Miracle Of Chanukah.... (read more) Your price: $38.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Parables of the Preacher of Doubno, V1-2 by Israel J. Zevin Publisher Comments Two Volumes In One. This Book Is In Yiddish.... (read more) Your price: $51.25 New - Trade Paper
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Words on Fire: The Unfinished Story of Yiddish by Dovid Katz Publisher Comments Provides a history of the Yiddish language, its contributions to the story of Judaism, and its rapid growth in ultra-Orthodox movements.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $18.45 Google eBooks - Electronic
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