Read Extracts from
New York Times bestseller Born to Kvetch , his brand new Yiddish phrasebook Just Say Nu , his comic novella Micah Mushmelon and his first novel Shlepping the Exile .
Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods To order the hardback, paperback, audio CD or 2008 calendar version of the book click on the links above Born to Kvetch :1 Kvetch Que C’Est? ORIGINS OF YIDDISH 2 Six Feet Under, Baking Bagels: YIDDISH IN ACTION 3 Something Else to Kvetch About: YIDDISH DIALECTS 4 Pigs, Poultry, and Pampers: THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF YIDDISH 5 Discouraging Words: YIDDISH AND THE FORCES OF DARKNESS 6 You Should Grow Like an Onion: THE YIDDISH CURSE 7 If It Wasn't for Bad Luck: MAZL , MISERY, AND MONEY8 " Bupkes Means a Lot of Nothing": YIDDISH AND NATURE 9 Making a Tsimmes: FOOD - KOSHER AND TREYF 10 A Slap in the Tukhes and Hello: YIDDISH LIFE FROM BIRTH TO BAR MITZVAH 11 More Difficult than Splitting the Red Sea: COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE 12 Too Good for the Goyim: SEX IN YIDDISH 13 It Should Happen to You: DEATH IN YIDDISH here to read reviews of Born to Kvetch and learn more about the bestselling book about Yiddish ever .Just Say Nu: Yiddish for Every Occasion (When English Just Won't Do) To order the hardback copy of the book or the audio CD (read by Wex) click on the image above here to read an extract from the book.here .The Adventures of Micah Mushmelon, Boy Talmudist To order a copy of Micah Mushmelon click on the image above here to read an extract from the book.here .Shlepping the Exile here to read an extract from the book.here .
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