Yiddish for Dogs: Chutzpah, Feh!, Kibbitz, and More - Every Word Your Canine Needs to Know

By Janet Perr

Book Overview

Is your dog a shmendrick A putz Oroy veya goniff There is only one way to find out, so nu, dive in to Yiddish for Dogs . This alphabetical handbook of Yiddish words features adorable and hilarious pictures of irresistible pooches. These dogs embody the meaning of well-known words such as kibbitz, tsuris, feh , shlep, chutzpah , and many more. But thats not all. Consider yourself warned. Once the Yiddish comes out, these dogs have much to say. These dogs kvell . They go through the dreck . They recognize a mensch . They appreciate a nosh . And, believe it or not, they know youre mishuggeh . So the next time your canine friend does a flying leap into your lap, instead of exclaiming, What a klutz , ask yourself Does my dog want to kibbitz Written and illustrated by award-winning art director and graphic designer Janet Perr, Yiddish for Dogs will have you howling with laughter.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401303234
• ISBN13: 9781401303235
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

If you are Jewish, a dog lover, or both you should buy this book.

I grew up in a New York Eastern European Jewish household where Yiddish was spoken interchangeably with English. We never ate chicken gizzards, and I would pale at the thought of eating stomach, but I loved the "pupick". When something was bad a simple "Oy!" would do, but if you heard "Oy vay is mir" you knew things were really bad. Instead of glowing with joy we would "kvell". And people were never crazy, just "mishugeneh". So much Yiddish has entered into typical American English vocabulary that it makes sense that our dogs, even strays from a "goy" background, would still understand the words. I mean, what dog likes to "shlep" her owners around? And who wants only kibble when there is a "mishmash" of food in the trash? Why be on a diet when we can "fress"? And how can a dog not start barking or "plotzing" when lots of people come over the house? This is a short picture book written from the viewpoint of dogs. So we have fat fireplug of a dog saying : "What can I say about FRESSING? Obviously my favorite activity. And believe me, I'll eat anything that you put in front of me." And we have a "shlemeil" cigarette smoking dachshund sitting in front of a "no smoking" sign. If you are Jewish, a dog lover, or both you should buy this book. Short, hysterically funny, and the pictures are just too cute! Keep it out for company, show your friends, look at it when you're in a bad mood, and don't forget to keep speaking Yiddish to your dogs lest they lose the tradition!

Hilarious

This is so incredibly funny- I have to buy one for everyone in my family. The illustrations with the Yiddish word and meaning just break me up, not to mention what the dogs have to say.

Really really funny and cute

This is a unique and hilarious book. The descriptions are little stories in themselves and match the photographs so well--besides which, you really laugh out loud! Great gift to any type of person who loves dogs and has a sense of humor.

Genius!

Thank God for this book. I now know what the heck my pups have been saying all this time. I had no idea they were Jewish! This book is fantastic...so funny...extremely insightful...very clever.