An informal dictionary which offers the history and folklore behind Yiddish and Hebrew words as well as literal translations

The Joys of Yiddish (English and Yiddish Edition)

Reference

Leo Rosten

Foreign Language Study & Reference

McGraw=Hill

This well-loved book has a slightly worn binding and some wear around the edges.

Leo Rosten's treasury of Jewish quotations

Business & Money

Skills

Passions and Prejudices

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

New York, McGraw-Hill, [

A gleeful almanac of facts, fables, information, trivia, and bons mots debunks popular misconceptions, cliches, stereotypes, and pomposities with hearty boldness

The Power of Positive Nonsense

More than a quarter of a century ago, Leo Rosten presented the first comprehensive and hilarioius lexicon of this colourful and deeply expressive language. Said "to give body and soul to the Yiddish language", The Joys of Yiddish went on to become an indispensable tool for writers, journalists, politicians and students, as well as a perennial bestseller. Now this classic has been revised and updated by editor Lawrence Bush in collaboration with Rosten's daughters. It retains the spirit of the original - with its wonderful jokes, titbits of cultural history, Talmudic and Biblical references, and tips on pronunciation - and enhances it with hundreds of new entries, thougtful commentary on how Yiddish has evolved over the years, and an invaluable new English-to-Yiddish index.

The New Joys of Yiddish

Arrow

Leo Rosten wrote his first tale of Hyman Kaplan when he was 24 and it was published to great applause by the New Yorker. Over the next two years the magazine ran all 15 of the original stories that were eventually published in 1937 as The Education of Hyman Kaplan.

The Education of Hyman Kaplan

British & Irish

Penguin??Books

Hooray for Yiddish!

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Elm Tree

Leo Rosten's Book of Laughter

Elm Tree Bks.

Penguin Books, Ltd.

The Joys of Yiddish

W.H. Allen / Virgin Books

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Leo Rosten. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Leo Rosten