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— to make dreidels dance and latkes fly
a master at twisting mundane commodities into surreal objects of social significance
Harvey Pekar explores what it means to be Jewish and what Israel means to the Jews
The year is 1871
Yiddish: A Nation of Words by Miriam Weinstein Tote Bag — to make dreidels danceAbout a thousand years ago, European Jews began speaking a language that was quite different from the various tongues and dialects that swirled around them. It included Hebrew, a touch of the Romance and Slavic languages, and a large helping of German. In a world of earthly wandering, this pungent, witty, and infinitely nuanced speech, full of jokes, puns, and ironies, became the linguistic home of the Jews, the bond that held a people together. Here
