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Set in the years around 1492, Yiddish for Pirates recounts the compelling story of Moishe, a Bar Mitzvah boy who leaves home to join a ship's crew, where he meets Aaron, the polyglot parrot who becomes his near-constant companion. From a present-day Florida nursing home, this wisecracking yet poetic bird guides us through a world of pirate ships, Yiddish jokes, and treasure maps. But Inquisition Spain is a dangerous time to be Jewish and Moishe joins a band of hidden Jews trying to preserve some forbidden books.

What do George and Laura Bush have in common with Dick and Jane? Well, both hail from prototypical WASP families. And, perhaps more to the point, both exhibit a natural resistance to moral complexity (i.e., reality). That's the premise of this hilarious new primer-style book in which George...

מיכאל פֿעלזענבאַום איז אַ באַקאַנטער ייִדישער שריפֿטשטעלער און טעאַטער־מענטש, מחבר פֿון אַריבער צװאַנציק ביכער אױף ייִדיש, װי אױך פֿון 19 קאָמעדיעס. אױפֿן ראַדיאָ "ייִדיש פּור טוס"; פֿעלזענבאַום פֿירט אָן מיט צװײ אױטאָרישע פּראָגראַמען, – "מיט ליבשאַפֿט פֿון פּאַריז"; און "װאָס הערט זיך עפּעס נײַעס"; די װעכנטלעכע פּראָגראַם "מיט ליבשאַפֿט פֿון פּאַריז";...

Forget Yiddish. Real Jewish is a secret language of complex twists, unexpected nuances, and hidden meanings of Jewish language and culture that draws you into competitions you never knew you entered. Here you will learn all the family secrets. This book will explain everything—The Positive Insult, The Negative Compliment, and The Shrugs, as well as The Buying of the Suit, The Returning of the Suit, and The Basic Psychology of Raising a Jewish Child—and with more guilt.