Word Nerd: Nu, let’s sit and kibbitz about those shlemiels and schnorrers
Fewer than one-third of English words stem from the original Anglo-Saxon word stock and to some extent the language’s ascendancy lies in the internationality of…
Yiddish
Word Nerd: It takes a lot of gall to accuse someone of chutzpah
“I don’t know what Arkansan is for chutzpah, but this is a gigantic case of it.” White House Press Secretary Tony Snow July 5, 2007,…
Montreal’s rich Yiddish heritage has an unlikely champion
Yiddish, and the rich literary output of the last century in Montreal when the language thrived here, has a new and unlikely champion. Chantal Ringuet,…
The Sunshine Boys at the Segal Centre a rollicking theatre experience
There was not an empty seat in the house, and when the action hit high gear, not a dry eye from all the laughter. This…