Follows the adventures of Hyman Kaplan, a student at the American Night Preparatory School for Adults, as he wages war with the English language[...]
Thoroughly updated and revised, a new edition of the informal dictionary describes the history and folklore behind Yiddish and Hebrew words and provides literal translations, hundreds of new entries, pronunciation tips, Talmudic and biblical references, and an English-to-Yiddish index. Reprint. 25,0[...]