num_pages: 144
description: Jackie Mason has built his Tony Award-winning career out of the culture and language of Jewish people, so who better to instruct the unindoctrinated in the joys of Yiddish? How to Talk Jewish, a guide to 100 Yiddish words, phrases, and expressions, includes pronunciations, definitions, and examples of usage, along with Jackie's incomparable wit. Is your blind date haimish ? Uh oh. A zhlub , worse. A doctor? The naches are almost inexpressible! Jackie Mason brings all the vivacity, spunk, and chutzpah of Yiddish to the tongues of the less fortunate. Don't be a meshugenner , buy it already!
language: English
title: How to Talk Jewish
titlecomplete: How to Talk Jewish
genres: Judaism, Humor
ratings_count: 19
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin