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Reference and Literature
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The Little Prince in Yiddish
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Note: these books are special orders, so they will take longer to ship than other products. Equally loved by children and adults alike, The Little Prince is one of the most translated books on the planet - which is fortunate, as we are able to offer here editions in many languages for your (or your child's) enjoyment! With wonderful and whimsical illustrations by the author, this delightful tale straddles a world between adulthood and childhood, philosophy and fantasy, satire and fable, and reminds one not of great children's authors of the past, but of more unclassifiable writers like Carroll, Milne, and Tolkien, who seem to be writing as much for older as younger readers, and whose writings can be enjoyed on many levels. Written in 1943 by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who disappeared shortly after in WWII during a flying mission for the Allies in Northern Africa, it became an instant cult classic and has remained so ever since. Enjoy The Little Prince in the language of your choice, and check regularly, as we will be adding new versions as they become available.
Der kleyner prints (paperback - text in Latin and Hebraic script)
Translated by Shloyme Lerman $76.95 More about The Little Prince... |
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Modern Yiddish Dictionary
U. Weinreich The principal purpose of the 'Modern English-Yiddish/Yiddish-English' is to furnish the advanced student of Yiddish with access to the language of modern cultivated usage. It is meant to serve him as a guide to the correct and idiomatic employment of the language in speech and in writing. As an aid in the reading of Yiddish written materials, it is likely to be particularly helpful with nonfiction texts. The Dictionary is designed in the main for persons who have a firm grounding in English and at least a rudimentary command of Yiddish. 1987, paperback, 789pp.
$39
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Yiddish and English Transliterated Dictionary
David Mendel Harduf One of the few Yiddish-English / English-Yiddish dictionaries available. It has an extensive list of most commonly used words in an easy to find and clear layout with the text transliterated for easy readability. David Mendel Harduf is a Toronto bookseller, who follows the bilingual tradition of Jewish booksellers and authors of former times who wrote in Yiddish and Hebrew. His hand-produced Tanach, which graces the shelves of world-class libraries, was awarded a Bar Ilan University prize for Scriptures ($50,000) in July 1990. He has published 30 books, including "Biblical Proper Names-A Symbolic Interpretation," a reference book (in English) that will prove valuable to parents and teachers alike.
$39
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Yiddish-English / English-Yiddish Practical Dictionary
David C. Gross This romanized Yiddish dictionary contains 4,000 entries and is 146 pages long, and includes idiomatic expressions, proverbs and common Yiddish words used in the English language. The author David C. Gross is a former editor of The Jewish Week, author of the English-Hebrew/Hebrew-English Conversational Dictionary and many other books on Jewish topics. Pocket-sized.
$14.95
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Meaning of Yiddish
by B.V. Harshav With a rare combination of erudition and insight, the author investigates the major aspects of Yiddish language and culture, showing where Yiddish came from and what it has to offer, even as it ceases to be a “living” language. From the author: This book "is an essay, attempting to rethink and present to the intelligent reader some of the basic aspects of the culture of Yiddish, the historical and social conditions that combined to mold the peculiar nature of its language, literature and life. My central question is: Yiddish, what was it? What kind of world was it? . . . {Part one} discusses the major aspects of the Yiddish language, its peculiar nature, and the semiotics of 'Jewish' communication. . . . Part Two, Literature in History, discusses Yiddish literature in the context of the broader movement of transformations of the Jews in the last two centuries and the Jewish secular culture created in the process. I end with a brief survey of Yiddish poetry in the United States." (from the Preface). Paperback edition, Stanford University Press.
$19.95
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