The Joy of Joys: A Reception History of Leo Rosten's Yiddish Lexicon
In November 1968, Leo Rosten published his best-selling lexicon, The Joys of Yiddish. The present essay traces the reception history of this iconic text, framing its analysis with the three Yiddish variations of "joy" that Rosten includes in his volume: naches, simcha, and mechaieh. These...
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Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2022
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AJS review
Year: 2022, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 374-397 |
IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism |
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