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Born To Kvetch
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Author : Michael Wex
language : en
Publisher: Souvenir Press
Release Date : 2014-05-10
Born To Kvetch written by Michael Wex and has been published by Souvenir Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-10 with Foreign Language Study categories.
For Jews, kvetching is a way of understanding the world. It is rooted, like so much of Jewish culture, in the Bible where the Israelites grumble endlessly. They complain about their problems, and complain as much about the solutions. They kvetch in Egypt and they kvetch in the desert; no matter what God does, it's wrong. In Yiddish Jews found the perfect language for their complaints. In kvetching they made complaining into an art form.Yiddish was the main spoken language for Jews for over a thousand years and its phrases, idioms and expressions paint a comprehensive picture of the psychology that helped the Jews of Europe to survive unrelenting persecution. In Born to Kvetch Michael Wex looks into the origins of this surplus of disenchantment, and examines how it helped to create the abundance of striking idioms and curses in Yiddish. Michael Wex takes a serious but funny look at the language that has shaped and was shaped by those who spoke it. Featuring chapters on the Yiddish relationship to food, nature, God, death and even sex, he allows his scholarship and wit to roam freely from Sholem Aleichem to Chaucer and Elvis Presley. A treasure trove of linguistics, sociology, history and folklore -- an inspiring portrait of a people, and a language, in exile.
Born To Kvetch
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Author : Michael Wex
language : en
Publisher: Saint Martin's Griffin
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Born To Kvetch written by Michael Wex and has been published by Saint Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
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 millennium of unrelenting persecution: they never stopped kvetching-about God, gentiles, children, food, and everything (and anything) else. They even learned how to smile through their kvetching and express satisfaction in the form of complaint.
Born To Kvetch
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Author : Universe Publishing Staff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-07
Born To Kvetch written by Universe Publishing Staff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07 with categories.
Michael Wex's hilarious, bestselling look at Yiddish language, culture, and humor is now a sharp day-to-day calendar for 2008. Combining Yiddish vocabulary--the famous expressions, colorful idioms, and shattering curses--and insights into the history of both the language and its people,Born to Kvetch 2008will not only give you something fun to kvetch about every day, but will show you how to do it right.Don't we all know someone who's only happy talking about what's wrong with everything? Behold the perfect gift! Fans of educated humor writing, language buffs, students of Jewish culture, and anyone who's ever thought they had something to complain about will appreciate the celebrated tsuris of this calendar. A national bestseller,Born to Kvetchis praised as "required reading" by theNew York Post, "wise, witty, and altogether wonderful" byThe New York Times, "a joy to behold" by theWashington Post, and "funny, erudite" byPeoplemagazine. Featuring Yiddish words, expressions, curses, and classic kvetches, providing an entirely new, time-honored vocabulary for doing what everyone loves to do all the time: complain!
Kvetch
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Author : Steven Berkoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986-01-01
Kvetch written by Steven Berkoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with categories.
Gitty And Kvetch
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Author : Caroline Kusin Pritchard
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-09-14
Gitty And Kvetch written by Caroline Kusin Pritchard and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-14 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
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?
The Tale Of Meshka The Kvetch
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language : en
Publisher:
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Stop Smiling Start Kvetching
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Author : Barbara S. Held
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2001-09-04
Stop Smiling Start Kvetching written by Barbara S. Held and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-09-04 with Family & Relationships categories.
Are you sick of being told "Smile-look on the bright side"? Do you feel guilty when you admit you're having a bad day? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are a victim of the "don't worry, be happy" mentality that is pervading America. Dr. Held, convinced that having to smile through life's problems only adds insult to injury, is here to tell you that you have the right, the need, to kvetch! As she walks you through the five steps of creative kvetching, Dr. Held will show you that the right kind of complaining can help you to feel better and attract others to you instead of driving them away. So get ready to take off your smiley face and be liberated from the "tyranny of the positive attitude."
Kvetch
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Author : Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Road
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Kvetch written by Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Road and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with categories.
The Tale Of Meshka The Kvetch
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Author : Carol Chapman
language : en
Publisher: Puffin
Release Date : 1993-04-01
The Tale Of Meshka The Kvetch written by Carol Chapman and has been published by Puffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-04-01 with categories.
Kvetch As Kvetch Can
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Author : Ken Krimstein
language : en
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date : 2010
Kvetch As Kvetch Can written by Ken Krimstein and has been published by Clarkson Potter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Humor categories.
A collection of Jewish cartoons covering topics ranging from food and family to holidays and guilt.