Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular & the New Land

by Neal Gabler, Danny Fingeroth, Nick Thorkelson, et al.

Yiddish is everywhere. We hear words like nosh , schlep , and schmutz all the time, but how did these words come to pepper American English? In Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land , Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle trace the influence of Yiddish from medieval Europe to the tenements of New York's Lower East Side. This comics anthology contains original stories by notable writers and artists such as Barry Deutsch, Peter Kuper, Spain Rodriguez,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810997495
• ISBN13: 9780810997493
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 10.5"
• Grade Range: Preschool to Postsecondary