Many young Jews go to Hebrew school, and of course you need to learn a little Hebrew just to get through the bar/bat mitzvah ceremony. But these days fewer and fewer children learn Yiddish—the German-influenced lingua franca of Eastern European Jews for hundreds of years. Yiddish, in its turn, has had a profound impact on American English. These books will teach the most important words and phrases, often with a heavy dose of Jewish humor. Learning Yiddish will enhance a young Jewish person’s se...more