Word: yiddishe
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...Yiddish is a blend of German, He brew and Polish that was spoken by Jews in Eastern Europe...
...Yiddish scholar Ruth Wisse, an outspoken conservative lecturer and writer, will join the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations faculty in January...
...designed to denigrate Afro-Americans..." By the way, the culprits are "Euro-American individuals and special interest groups with powerful influence in the media..." He cites several examples, such as the movie Blazing Saddles (by Mel Brooks, a Jew) as well as the use of the word "shvartza" (a Yiddish word...
Eddie Ross (Judd Hirsch) is a Manhattan Tevye circa 1936, railing at family, customers and God. The fury is understandable. Both sons are targets of anti- Semitic gangs. Racketeers want a piece of his saloon business. Worse still, Zaretsky (David Margulies), an aging star of the Yiddish theater, keeps informing him of the Holocaust engulfing Europe...
...Lots of people will use the world yente, which we hate here," says Annette Ashin, the vice-president. The Yiddish word has nagging connotations, says Astin. "It's not a flattering word...