COMMUNICATING WITH "GOT"* »
TOP 10 REASONS WHY SARAH PALIN DOESN'T WANT NEWS MEDIA TO COVER SOME OF HER SPEECHES (Yiddish version) »
"NUTSIK" (USEFUL) JEWISH/YIDDISH EQUIVALENTS »
WELCOME TO CUSS-FREE "VOKH" (WEEK) »
WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THE FORMER "SHEYN" WOMEN? »
ATONEMENT STARTS WITH A 13.5 "MINUT" SPEECH »
A Toast to ‘Coasties’: Regarding an Ethnic Slur in Wisconsin »
MR. SCHWARZENEGGER: YOU'RE WRONG! FLORIDA IS NOT JUST FOR "ALT" PEOPLE »
GO FIGURE »
Grief Tourism »
"A LEBN OYF DAYN KOP!"
(A long life upon your head!) »
TEFILLIN TERRORIST? »
GOTENU (dear God) WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH FORMER "KRASSAVITSEH" (BEAUTIFUL WOMEN)? »
Will Chelsea Be Married Under the "Chuppa"? »
HATCHET MAN AT-LARGE "SHREKLEKH"* »
ADVICE TO TEACHERS & ADMINISTRATORS »
"DRUK" (STRESS) OR EXTREME DEPRIVATION MAY ACCOUNT FOR INCREASED NUMBER OF CANCER CASES »
WHAT TO DO WHEN "HUNGERIK"* GUESTS ARRIVE UNEXPECTEDLY: TAKE THE ADVICE OF THE LATE SAM LEVENSON »
THE BEST OF 2009 »
HEADLINES ABOUT CHELSEA CLINTON'S ENGAGEMENT TO MARC MEZVINSKY »
MIKY UNDERSTANDS HEBREW »
THE CONFUSING HEBREW LESSON »
The "Bubele" Story »
ARE YOU GOING TO BE "FESTIVAL FRUGAL? »
"DER PANIK" (THE PANIC) OVER MAMMOGRAMS »
A POPULAR "VORT" (WORD): "UNFRIEND" »
HO. HO. HO. SANTA'S GOT HIS PURELL! »
THE TUMMLER QUIZ »
"ZOLST NIT GANVENEN" (you shall not steal) »
YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO IS MESHUGE »
HOW'S ED KOCH DOIN'? GREAT AT 85! »
LAUNDRY - SCHMANDRY WRINKLES - SCHMINKLES »
A MY NAME IS ADA MY HUSBAND'S NAME IS...... "IKH FARGESN"* »
We Give Thanks »
YIDDISHKEIT IN THE CATSKILLS »
"BEYBI" EINSTEIN IS NOT SO "KLUG"* AFTER ALL »
RULES/ADVICE/QUOTES FOR THE "FRESSER" »
EVEN A "STOLYER"* MUST HAVE A CONSCIENCE »
THE BINTEL BRIEF IS BACK: Dear Esteemed Editor: »
BALANCE »
DURING THE HOLIDAY "SEZON," DOES "VD" MEAN VOLUME DISCOUNT? »
"GOT" SPEAKS TO ME FROM BILLBOARDS »
BROOKLYN, SCHMOOKLYN! SEE "BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS" »
MY "ZUN" IS INTO YOGA -- HIS MOTHER'S INTO YOGURT »
BACK TO THE FUTURE STAR IS ALWAYS LOOKING "AROYF"* »
CAN "TSURIS"* BE A BLESSING? »
"ZEKHTSN" (16) QUESTIONS FOR DR. OZ »
The "Gut Froy"* »
YOU SAY "EPL" AND I SAY APPLE: LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF »
IF YOU WANT A PERFECT CHILD, GO FIND A MANNEQUIN* »
WILLIAM SAFIRE WAS A "SHTARKER" »
YOM KIPPUR AND THE NEW YORK TIMES »
THE SERMON »
REALITY "TELEVISYE'* WITH HUMMUS »
ADVICE FROM A FLORIDA "SNOWBIRD" »
DISMANTLING "DER KINDER-TSIMER"* »
MEN'S "GATKES"* - AN ECONOMIC BAROMETER? »
"Up the Down Staircase" Revisited »
IT'S HURRICANE "SEZON" DON'T "PANIK" »
3-MINUTES OF THERAPY DON'T "HAKN A TSHAYNIK"* »
STANLEY H. KAPLAN S.A.T.-TYPE EXAM »
18 REASONS WHY LIFE GETS "BESER" After "FUFTSIK" (50) YEARS OF AGE »
Top 10 "TANTSN" Steps for Tom Delay »
"TANTSN MIT"* THE STARS »
DIP IN, DIP OUT: THE "INK MONITOR" »
Two Letters From "Universitet"* Students »
"KVALITET"* TIME Is it more than "Tot Shabbat" or Gymboree? »
"A GUTE NESHOME"* BAG LADY »
"FARGVALDIKN" "NIT OYF EICH GEDACHT!" »
OBAMA'S "BIR" DRINKING SUMMIT; HIRSH'S GLASS OF "BIR" »
GIMME A "SENDVITSH"* »
HOME "ALEYN" (ALONE) »
HONEYMOON TALES »
My Parents Want Me To Be an Actuary; I Want To Run a Casino »
SELLING ORGANS IS A "SHANDE" - A SHAME »
A YIDDISH GUIDE TO MOLLY GOLDBERG AND "THE GOLDBERGS" »
My knipl* »
CLOTHESLINES: SOMETHING OTHER THAN A "LINE DRIVE" »
THREE TAILORS: THREE TALES »
"AYZKREM" (ICE CREAM) - LARRY KING KNOWS THE SCOOP »
It's My Turn »
Bad "Eytse" (Advice) »
TALES FROM "THE VAYTIK ROOM"* PHYSICIAN, HEAL SOMEBODY ELSE »
"HEYMISH" »
"ZAY(T) GEZUNT," RABBIT EARS - (GOOD-BY, RABBIT EARS) »
BBQ TIME »
JOB HUNTING WISDOM COMES WITH THE YEARS »
MERCEDES-BENZ TALES - WITH A JEWISH FLAVOR »
What's in "Der Nomen?"* »
WELCOME TO THE NOSTALGIA "BUKH" CLUB »
FATHER'S DAY, 2009 »
JEWISH GEOGRAPHY - "Fun vanen shtamstu?"* »
EVERY SINGLE DAY IS "TAYER" (PRECIOUS) »
"TSEN" (10) LETTERS, NOTES AND PRESS RELEASES »
CRUISE SHIPS »
REST IN PEACE, BEA ARTHUR »
TOP 10 YIDDISH EXPRESSIONS FOR THE FIRST FAMILY »
"DER VAYS LIGN" »
THE ICE MAN [NO LONGER] COMETH... "KINDHAYT" (childhood) MEMORIES »
THE DREAM "SHTELE"* QUIZ »
A Yiddish Guide to the Bernard Madoff "Skandal" »
"HOTS RAKMONES YIDISHE HERTSER" »
USING "MATHEMATIK" TO FIND YOUR "BASHERT"* »
THE "T" WORD--TORTURE »
"SHEMOT"--THE NAMES WE USE FOR OTHERS (A letter to Jackie Mason) »
MINYON MENSCH »
"A GUTE NESHOME"* »
"FERTSN" (14) CHILDREN... THEN A TV AND BOOK DEAL? »
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO SAY "I LOVE YOU" »
"Tsen" (10) Yiddish 'F' Words* »
TEMPLE BINGO - A "GUT" WAY TO RAISE MONEY? »
HAPPINESS ("GLIK") »
IN SIX WORDS -- OR MORE -- I LOVE YOU »
TO TZA TZA GABOR, MADOFF IS NO "DAHLING"
(to confess) »
Clean Off Your "Shraybtish"* Day »
YOU HAVE REACHED THE "KHANIKE" HOTLINE »
"THE NANNY" FOR SENATOR Such "narishkayt"* »
G IS FOR "GONIF" »
Shnorrer, Khazer, Shporevdiker, Aynbrenger or Kar »
IS PAYING "KOVED" TO NON-JEWISH CONGREGANTS "GUT FUR DI YIDEN"*? »
"DER TOES" »
"AKHT MILYON" NEW YORK STORIES »
"DI SHVIGER" IN THE "VAYS HOYZ" »
DEAR BANK MANAGER »
VOS ZOL IKH ZAYN?
(What shall I become?)
THE BEST AND WORST JOBS »
KIDS AND ADULTS TALK TO GOD »
THE "POSHET"* LIFE »
THE POOR AND THE RICH, IN THE BATH THEY ARE BOTH EQUAL »
"DER HUMOR" OF THE SENIOR VOTER »
SARAH PALIN IS "OYSGEPUTST"* ...AND OTHER POLITICAL DRESS TALK »
TOP 10 Yiddish Expressions for JOE THE PLUMBER »
TAKING THE "IK" OUT OF MIKVEH* »
JOE "DER REHREN-SHLOSER" (THE PLUMBER) NEEDED THAT INTERVIEW LIKE A "LOCH IN KOP"* »
FNGRS LUV 2 TXT MSG GRANDMA »
HAVE YARMULKA...WILL TRAVEL: JOIN THE PEACE CORPS »
HELLO, BOBE; HELLO, ZEYDE »
DOES GOD WANT US TO BE "RAYKH" (RICH)? HAVES AND HAVE NOTS »
PAUL NEWMAN WAS MORE THAN "THE KING OF CONDIMENTS"; HE WAS "A GUTE NESHOME" »
A $700-BILLION BAILOUT PACKAGE: "GENUG IZ GENUG"* »
GIVE A "GESHRAI"--A SHOUT: MAHJONGG GAME CAN CAUSE EPILEPSY »
SARAH PALIN IS A "HOCKEY MOM"... AND I'M A "TSITSER MOM" »
STOPPED INTO A DELI DURING A BRIEF SHOWER; SHOULD HAVE KEPT WALKING IN THE RAIN »
PRAYERS: "FUN DEIN MOIL TSU GOTS OYERIN" * »
WILLS, CLAUSES & OTHER "NARISHKAYT" * »
Help, I'm Majoring In Detention »
MINTS ON THE PILLOW...and "A SAKH MER" (a lot more) »
A FOUR-WORD EPITAPH »
POLITICAL HUMOR »
WHASS-UP WITH STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE? »
WHAT? YOU HAVEN'T READ GARRISON KEILLOR'S YIDDISH DICTIONARY...WITH 6 PAGES DEVOTED TO "OY VEH" ALONE? »
"KVITLACH*...AND STORIES FROM THE WESTERN WALL" »
ESTELLE GETTY, JEWISH OCTOGENARIAN, WAS RIGHT: "You don't have to be tall to be great." »
VI IZ AYER NOMEN?* »
Two Yiddish books to tickle the silly bone »
THE NUMBER "ZIBN" (7) »
MAMA, I GOT 80% ON THE AP PHYSICS EXAM; AND, BY THE WAY, I'M "SHVANGER"* »
A SUGGESTED "BUCKET LIST" FOR JEWS »
Financial Conversations With "Der Tate" »
WANTED: JEWISH "MISHPOKHE"* TO SWAP A WIFE »
A PICTURE "KNEPL"* FOR PAUL »
STAYCATION, KIDCATION, SENIORCATION, OR "OYVEYCATION" »
Megazem Zayn* »
THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER IS "ROBOT REDFORD" - "Ver volt dos geglaibt?"* »
"Di Katastrofe" of Marital Disputes »
THE "R" WORD...IT ISN'T "RUGELACH" »
INTERNET ADDICTION »
20 QUESTIONS* FOR ELIOT SPITZER »
Here Comes Da Repo Bus »
HELP! I'M SUFFERING FROM "SIDDUR FINGER"* »
"T" is for "TSEDAKAH"* »
If your pet gets skittish, try a little Yiddish »
What Would the Iron Lady* have said? »
B.Y.O.C. (Bring Your Own Chopsticks), Disposable Chopsticks, and Chopsticks "Etiket" »
THE "F" WORD--FORGIVENESS* »
REMINISCING: "Es gefelt mir"* »
JDate* at a Bulk Rate »
IS HILLARY "FARKLEMPT"* »
Culinary Judaism* »
JAMIE LYNN SPEARS IS "SHVANGER"*... AND OTHER BAD NEWS »
DON'T BE A WEISS GUY* »
"GUTHARTSIKAYT"* »
BURY THE "N" WORD? "NARRISHKAYT"* »
BILLY CRYSTAL, YOUR HOME LOOKS "MAHVELOUS" »
YIDDISH QUIZ FOR BIBLIOPHILES »
My Beard Isn't Longer, My Face is Shrinking* »
GRACIE ALLEN FOR PRESIDENT OF A THIRD PARTY -- "DER KHIDESH*" PARTY »
JOEY BISHOP--WE'll MISS YOU »
DEAR LATCHKEY "MAN" »
E-MAIL, EMAIL, OR "ELEKTRONISH POST"? That is the question »
STOP, "SHTARKER"* »
"OY"--The BIG Two-Letter Yiddish Word »
THE "TSON"* FAIRY »
Zing Mir a Lidl (Sing Me a Song) »
BE "FRAYNDLEKH"* TO EDITORS AND WRITERS MONTH »
FROM PENNSYLVANIA 6-5000 TO THE "KOSHER TSELULARER TELEFON"* »
COHABITATION IS "SHLEKHT"* FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH »
THE "C" WORD--COCKAMAMIE »
SHHHHH - THE NEW "NON-VORT"* IS HUNGER »
Hadassah Women, Hadassah Lieberman »
The Truth About Einstein’s Boat »
MY FRIENDS ARE MAKING ME "ZOFTIK"* »
DOES A CAT HAVE A "ZEKSTER" (6th) SENSE? »
YOU GOTTA HAVE "HARTS"* »
HARRY POTTER LIKES CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS, CHOCOLATE GATEAU, COCKROACH CLUSTERS, & EXPLODING BON-BONS; I LIKE "CHOCOLITVAK"* »
OY, GEVALT! I DON'T GET IT »
ADVICE FOR DADDY-TO-BE, AL D'AMATO »
Fapitzed »
EVERYONE "KVETCHES" »
BUBBLES--YOU MADE GREAT "MUZIK" (1929-2007) »
JOEL SIEGEL, WE'll MISS YOU »
HOLY MOSES! POPE BENEDICT SMACKS DOWN ON "SHIKER" DRINKERS, SPEEDING, AND IN-CAR "ZIND"* »
Patsh, Zetz and Klap »
PAPA, CAN YOU HEAR ME?* »
VANITY ZIP CODES »
"GROYS" WORDS »
NEVER "ESN" AT MOM'S PLACE »
Mother's Day Quiz »
I READ PART OF THE BOOK ALL THE WAY THROUGH* »
CUT, STYLE AND "DAVEN" »
COOKING LIKE A JEWISH "BOBE" »
SNIPPETS OF CONVERSATION »
WILD "BLOY"* YONDER »
"ZEKS-VORT"* LIMIT »
TO KVETCH OR NOT TO KVETCH? THAT IS THE KVETCHTION »
SADIE, SADIE »
I"M SEEING "ROYT"* »
WAKE UP AND SMELL "DI KAVE"* »
A IS FOR ABECEDARIAN »
WHERE HAVE ALL THE "MIESKITE" GONE? »
YIDDISH "MIT" JERRY AND ANNE
(Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara) »
SEYKHL* »
FROM "AMNIOSYNTHESIS" TO "TESTTUBE": A DICTIONARY FOR DADDY-TO-BE, TIGER WOODS »
Seinfeld, You're Not a "Mentsch" »
INSTANT "TSUFRIDNKAYT" »
K IS FOR "KLUTZ" »
Singing in Der Shprits »
ART BUCHWALD LOOKED AT THE SENIOR SCENE »
Oy Gevalt »
...and Have a "Gliklekh"* Cholesterol-Free Thanksgiving »
LOOK WHO'S "KVELN"* »
Top Ten List of Essential Reading Material for Yilddishists »
ARE YOU A "GANTSER K'NACKER"? »
THE CASE OF THE MISSING BLINTZ »
SERMON 101 »
Bring Back Those Old "Tsukerniye"* »
THE BIG MEGILLAH VS. MAGILLA GORILLA »
GOD CAN CREATE A WOMAN FROM A RIB, BUT CAN HE MAKE THE PERFECT BRISKET? »
Top 10 Yiddishe Sign-Offs for Katie Couric »
THE SEPTEMBER 11 "TELEFON"(TELEPHONE) CALL »
IS EVERYTHING "SHLECHT'* FOR YOU? »
SURVIVOR SERIES "DRAYTSN" (13) »
GOODBYE CHICKEN SOUP AND "GEHAKHTER LEBER" (CHOPPED LIVER); HELLO, CHASE BANK »
MAD MEL »
ES VET HELFN VI A TOYTN BANKES* »
TO KVETCH OR NOT TO KVETCH? THAT IS THE KVETCHTION »
THE EMPTY NEST SYNDROME »
ROBOT REDFORD, HUMPHREY ROBOT, & MR. MILLENNIA »
CUSSING FOLK: IT'S A "SHONDA" »
ADVERTISING TO THE JEWISH AIRLINE "PASAZHIR"* »
THE EMPTY NEST SYNDROME »
DIAGNOSING THE ILLNESS IN "AKHTSN" (18) MINUTES »
Welcome Back, Rip Van Winkle »
STAGING A "HEYM"* (or) (How to Sell a Bob Vila Special) »
MONEY IS ROUND -- SOMETIMES IT'S HERE, SOMETIMES IT'S THERE* »
"PISK MELOKHE"* »
GRADUATION 2006 »
"ANTOYSHUNG"* FOR ORTHODOX JEW ON SEASON 5 OF "THE APPRENTICE" »
Adam and Eve »
THE YIDDISH SAT »
EGG CREAMS--THEY'RE 'BATAMT'* »
BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY »
When You're Ready To Leave, You're Going First Class »
BE "FRAYNDLEKH" TO "DER SHRAYBER" »
WELCOME TO AIR CHANCE »
STOP DOES MEAN STOP - " Gut gezogt." (Well said.) »
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT KINKY FRIEDMAN »
De Vants - "The bedbugs" »
WELCOME TO AIR CHANCE »
AMBIEN...WITH A SIDE OF RUGELACH »
A JEWISH MOTHER'S ANSWERING MACHINE AT THE NATIONAL "VEDER" (WEATHER) SERVICE »
PURIM S.A.T.* (such a treat) »
MENSCHDOM »
EAT A LITTLE SOMETHING...THEN STRETCH AND KVETCH »
HOW I LEARNED A 'BISL' YIDDISH BY READING A COOKBOOK »
WENDY WASSERSTEIN, R.I.P. »
Everything A Nice Jewish Grandmother Learned About Tattoos »
Join Me in Sitting Shiva for the 2nd Ave. Deli »
COLLECTING THE SHARDS OF THE "MAZEL-TOV" GLASS »
Clean Off Your Shraybtish (Desk) Week »
ACCEPTABLE "F" WORDS »
"LIGNER! LIGNER!" (Liar! Liar!) »
ELVIS LIVES IN PLASTIC... AND OTHER NEWS ABOUT 'KREDIT" »
LOOK WHO'S TALKING YIDDISH »
A YIDDISHER MAMA SHARES A LIST OF GREAT CHRISTMAS LIES »
KEEP YOUR "GOPL"*
*In Yiddish, a "gopl" is a fork »
COLD? 'INFLUENTSIE"?(FLU?)
'LUNGEN-ENTSINDUNG"? (PNEUMONIA?)
Think Outside "di Meditsin" Cabinet »
'DER BEYGL"--A CHRONOLOGY »
HAS ANYONE SEEN MY "ROMEO"? »
Chutzpah 101 »
Infertility 'Iz Nisht" A Laughing Matter »
AUTHOR GIVES NEW MEANING TO MARKETING! »
Mishpoche Farbrengen - Yiddish for "Family Circle" »
I Could Have Sworn I Parked It Right Here »
THE G.M.A.T. - Good Muter Aptitude Test" »
BIG DEAL! I'M USED TO DUST »
Mom's Dating Rules »
'DI UNTERBAN' ENCOURAGES 'DER SHIDEKH' »
POSTPONEMENT OF DEATH »
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE RED HAT SOCIETY »
NOO YAWK TALK »
"A View From The Audience" »
YOUR BABY'S FIRST "AKHTSIK" (80)YEARS »
No "Zup"* For You! "Nit Gedacht!" »
WELCOME TO THE 'MATSLIAKHDIK"* EMPLOYMENT AGENCY...PRESS "EYNS" * "Matsliakhdik" means "successful" »
Tata, Won't You Dance With Me? »
DRESSUPYOURTATE.COM »
HARVARD SHMARVARD: IN 2005 IT'S TRUMP UNIVERSITY »
The Plaint of the Jewish Office "Arbeter"* »
ANN LANDERS SPEAKS A "BISEL" YIDDISH »
"KALEDZH" GRADUATION" »
Writing for Yiddish Publications »
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO 'SHLOF' »
DICK & JANE - OY, WHAT A 'POR'* »
"TARGET-ING THE ILLNESS" »
INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW A 'BISL' YIDDISH »
These Are a Few of My Favourite "F" Words »
SEW WHAT'S NU? »
NU? What's with the Educational Jargon? »
"Mobile Entertainment" Name That Song »
"Lakhn" is the Yiddish word meaning "to laugh" »
DRESSUPYOURTATE.COM »
WHO IS "DER TATE"? »
It Takes a "Yiddisher Kop" to Teach Math and Science »
RIP, MORTY SEINFELD YOU WERE A 'RICHTIGER MENSCH* »
"SpongeBob (AKA "ShvomBob") is Missing" »
MY VIEW FROM THE BIMAH »
It's CH, CH, Like You Have Popcorn in the Throat; It's CCHHH »
"You Can't Mess With Zagat - Have the 2nd Avenue Deli Cater Your Thanksgiving Dinner" »
"Thanksgiving mit the Romano's" »
Eulogy for the Jewish Bunka Lady »
WELCOME TO THE 'MATSLIAKHDIK"* EMPLOYMENT AGENCY...PRESS "EYNS" »
'DI UNTERBAN' ENCOURAGES 'DER SHIDEKH' »
