You Can't Do Business (or Most Anything Else) Without Yiddish: 20th Anniversary Edition

By Leon Gildin

"Gildin not only takes you beneath the surface of the rich history of this 1,000-year-old Eastern European tongue, he shows you Yiddish words you didn't even know you knew . . . that have worked their way into American secular society."-- The Rhode Island Jewish Herald

Now reissued in a 20th anniversary paperback edition with a new introduction by the author, this is a lighthearted, engaging and instructive look at one of the world's most popular languages Filled with definitions of popular Yiddish words, jokes, cartoons, and the author's own humorous comments and observations, You Can't Do Business (or Most Anything Else) Without Yiddish provides a crash course (or refresher) on Yiddish that will have the reader laughing out loud and turning the page for more

Chapters in the book:

The Garment Center Food, Restaurants & Catering Show Biz (Tin Pan Alley to the Borscht Belt; Broadway to Hollywood) Cops and Robbers (Gangster Talk) Family, Friends & "Nuchshleppers" (Hangers On) Slang, Curse Words, The Anatomy and other "Shmutzike Zachn" (Dirty Things) Yiddishisms & Englishisms Law & Politics

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781814251
• ISBN13: 9780781814256
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books
• Length: 152 Pages