Learning Yiddish helps you get in touch with the Eastern European Jewish tradition as well as perhaps your grandmother. But learning Yiddish isn’t just about being a proper Jew, it can be fun as well. These three desk calendars each teach a phrase a day, but their approach is very different. Have some fun learning Yiddish and getting in touch with your Jewish roots.
Jewish Yiddish Phrase-A-Day 2011 Desk Calendar
$9.95 Yiddish Phrase-A-Day
Desk Calendar 2011
From sheyner tog! (beautiful day) to Ikh hob dir lib. (I love you.), you will enjoy learning a new Yiddish word or phrase every day of the year. You, too, can share this wonderfully expressive, humorous, and earthy mame loshen (mother tongue), which has delighted generations. Easy pronunciations and clear definitions are included.
Jewish Goyish vs. Jewish 2011 Mini Desk Calendar
Marnie Winston-Macauley
$8.99 Goyish vs. Jewish
2011 Mini Desk Calendar
Award winning author Marnie Winston-Macauley offers a unique perspective on what is deemed Goyish and what is distinctly Jewish in this new calendar. Need an example? Sub sandwiches are Goyish, but corned beef on rye is Jewish. Succinct and to the point, this lighthearted calendar is sure to garner laughs from Jews and Gentiles alike.
The calendar’s backer includes an easel for display on a counter or desk and magnets that allow it to be attached to a metal surface.
‘Mazzel Tof’ is Jewish
‘Yippee!’ is Goyish
$12.99 Talk Dirty Yiddish Desk Calendar 2011
This is the Yiddish they didn’t teach at Temple. Based on the book Talk Dirty: Yiddish, this Hebrew calendar gives readers the lowdown on how to really get low in Yiddish. With slang, curses, and idiomatic expressions, this book gives you the insight track on Yiddish street talk. Published by Lang Holdings Inc.
Talk Dirty Yiddish 2010 Desk Calendar $12.99
Yiddish Living Language 2010 Desk Calendar $13.99
The cultural theme pages in the Living Language Yiddish 2010 Desk Calendar revolve around Yiddish culture and language. Yiddish originated in Europe hundreds of years ago, as a common language among Eastern European Jews. Today, Yiddish words and phrases can be widely found in American English due to the language’s use by early Eastern European immigrants in the United States. Published by Andrews McMeel
