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Yiddish with Dick and Jane
by
Ellis Weiner (Goodreads Author),
Barbara Davilman, Gabi Payn
Jane is in real estate.
Today is Saturday.
Jane has an open house.
She must schlep the Open House signs to the car.
See Jane schlep.
Schlep, Jane. Schlep.
Schlep, schlep, schlep.
In text that captures the unque rhythms of the original Dick and Jane readers, and in 35 all-new illustrations, a story unfolds in which Dick and Jane--hero and heroine of the classic books for children...more
Today is Saturday.
Jane has an open house.
She must schlep the Open House signs to the car.
See Jane schlep.
Schlep, Jane. Schlep.
Schlep, schlep, schlep.
In text that captures the unque rhythms of the original Dick and Jane readers, and in 35 all-new illustrations, a story unfolds in which Dick and Jane--hero and heroine of the classic books for children...more
Hardcover, 112 pages
Published
September 13th 2004
by Little, Brown and Company
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If you want to see how many Yiddish terms we use on a day-to-day basis, here is a. . .ummm. . .primer (puns happen even when you don't want them to happen).
fancy-schmancy
hoo-hah (remember Pacino in Scent of a Woman)
kibbitz
maven
nosh
schmooze (interesting note--in Yiddish, the addition of "sch" tends to make the word derogatory of devalue the object being spoken of at the time).
tuchas
Many more Yiddish terms are included in the glossary at the back of this delightful little book. This one is not for...more
fancy-schmancy
hoo-hah (remember Pacino in Scent of a Woman)
kibbitz
maven
nosh
schmooze (interesting note--in Yiddish, the addition of "sch" tends to make the word derogatory of devalue the object being spoken of at the time).
tuchas
Many more Yiddish terms are included in the glossary at the back of this delightful little book. This one is not for...more
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Such a mechayeh this book is! It wouldn't matter if a goy you've been all your life; a shtikl time with this book, a maven you'll be in no time!
One of the things this delightful little parody will provide is a glimpse at how much Yiddish has been absorbed into everyday American English (as opposed to British English, if you'll forgive the pilpul). Something that is less than quality might be schlock, and you might kibbitz (or give advice) on a card game (although the word actually means "gab" or...more
One of the things this delightful little parody will provide is a glimpse at how much Yiddish has been absorbed into everyday American English (as opposed to British English, if you'll forgive the pilpul). Something that is less than quality might be schlock, and you might kibbitz (or give advice) on a card game (although the word actually means "gab" or...more
Bahahahahaha! See Dick schmooze. Schmooze, Dick. Schmooze. Schmooze, schmooze, schmooze.
Just pick it up and take a gander for some random silliness. Dick, Jane, and Sally are all grown up and Mother has had a stroke. Oh, and the further I get into it the less I can believe where it's going...complete with affairs (of the opposite and same sex), and Sally mentioning that she is fat and has a mustache and is participating in an online dating service. Oh dear...what great things you can find in the...more
Just pick it up and take a gander for some random silliness. Dick, Jane, and Sally are all grown up and Mother has had a stroke. Oh, and the further I get into it the less I can believe where it's going...complete with affairs (of the opposite and same sex), and Sally mentioning that she is fat and has a mustache and is participating in an online dating service. Oh dear...what great things you can find in the...more
as the mother of a young son who has been reading Dick and Jane books for months, I appreciated a grown-up version of Dick and Jane with some Yiddish thrown in for good measure. Very educational. For example, hokking me a tshnik = banging me a tea kettle. Meaning relentlessly talking or jabbering but really nagging or badgering about something to the point of abue or unreasonableness. Can't wait to use that one.
The premise of the book is hilarious: Dick and Jane, all grown up and still living in suburbia. But this isn't the suburbia of Ward and June Cleaver. It's the suburbia of Desperate Housewives with a Yiddish twist.
It made me nostalgic for my years living in Miami Beach. Oy ve, where did the years go? Even the goyim who didn't grow up hearing Yiddish will love this book.
It made me nostalgic for my years living in Miami Beach. Oy ve, where did the years go? Even the goyim who didn't grow up hearing Yiddish will love this book.
This little book imitates the Dick and Jane stories once used to teach reading, but interspersing Hebrew words and phrases. I suspect people who already understand the Hebrew would find it very funny. For me, having to stop and flip to the Hebrew glossary at the back of the book was a bit intrusive and detracted from it somewhat. Nevertheless, it's a cute idea and was fun to read.
This was first brought to my attention by a friend on Live Journal. I got it for Bumma who read it and said, "I need this like a loch in kop". (Hole in the head for you goyim out there.)
It was fun, but honestly, I need to stop reading books like this, because they just try too hard and never match up to The Joys of Yiddish .
It was fun, but honestly, I need to stop reading books like this, because they just try too hard and never match up to The Joys of Yiddish .
Whether your a Yiddishkeit maven or a Yiddish potchkinik, this book will make you platz with laughter. Bring some mechayeh into your life! Don't be a golem, schlep yourself down to the library or bookstore and get a copy. You'll be doing yourself a mitzvah. And thats the gantseh megillah. Zol zein mit Mazel Chaverim.
Loved this book! It is so much fun! Weiner takes those antiseptic elementary readers of our youth and combines it with the teetering-on-the-edge world of Yiddish in a hilarious way. Highly recommended and a quick read too!
Funny and kind of clever, a quick and occasionally educational read. I doubt many much-older people (my grandmother's age) would appreciate the humor and kids won't get the satire, but good for the mid-range folk.
I was so glad to find this book after reading Michael Chabon's Yiddish Policeman's Union. It didn't really help, but I was glad to find it.
Sep 23, 2012
Dale Baker
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oy vey...so great....
so far...will finish in 5 more mins...it is a shorty but goody...got a milton's deli in del mar ok via de la valle...
so far...will finish in 5 more mins...it is a shorty but goody...got a milton's deli in del mar ok via de la valle...
Jul 28, 2011
Marya
added it
Highly recommended ---- such a funny and cute take on dick and jane...and it doesn't hurt that you learn some yiddish along the way
so so funny and amazing.
"See Dick schmooze
Schmooze, Dick. Schmooze
Schmooze, schmooze, schmooze."
"See Dick schmooze
Schmooze, Dick. Schmooze
Schmooze, schmooze, schmooze."
Sidesplitting. Don't miss the sequel, Yiddish with George and Laura>.
Turns out Jews are funny.
This may be the best gift my father-in-law has ever given me.
This may be the best gift my father-in-law has ever given me.
Hilarious! Great for any goy marrying into a Jewish family :)
Very funny, very fun, and rather informative!
Fiction,Humor
Hi-larious
cute!
A riot.
learn yiddish....the definitions are just as fun to read as the story!
So silly and a fun little book just for kicks!
Tom and Dick play golf with Frank and Steve.
Dick wants Frank and Steve's business.
Dick schmoozes with them.
See Dick schmooze
Schmooze, Dick. Schmooze
Schmooze, schmooze, schmooze.
It takes about ten minutes to read through the story, and it has a glossary of terms in the back. Impress your friend with Yiddish!
Dick wants Frank and Steve's business.
Dick schmoozes with them.
See Dick schmooze
Schmooze, Dick. Schmooze
Schmooze, schmooze, schmooze.
It takes about ten minutes to read through the story, and it has a glossary of terms in the back. Impress your friend with Yiddish!
Hilarious! I recommend reading the glossary first, which is a treat in itself. I wish I still had my old Dick and Jane textbooks; my mom bought them at a school auction when I was a wee sprout.
It's the same ol' Dick & Jane from childhood, but this time they're really Jewish. A good reference book for those of us sole gentiles in the office.
This has a compelling story line with a glossary at the end to define and give background to all your favorite yiddish terms!
NYC's KINNERET DAY SCHOOL used this primer in a close friend's parocial grade school (Hebrew).
Cute book. I would have enjoyed it more if I knew some of the Yiddish.
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