Born To Kvetch: Yiddish Language And Culture In All Of Its Moods

Author: WEX MICHAEL

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Price : 29.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780285638891
Publisher : Souvenir Press Ltd
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Publication date : 01 July 2010
Dimensions : 216mm X 135mm
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Kvetching is to the Jewish soul what breathing is to the Jewish body. For Jews, kvetching is a way of understanding the world. It is rooted in the Bible where the Israelites grumbles endlessly. This book looks at the origins of this surplus of disenchantment, and examines how it helped to create the idioms and curses in Yiddish.