{"product_id":"comprehensive-english-yiddish-dictionary-hardcover","title":"Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGitl Schaechter-Viswanath\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaul Glasser\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContaining nearly 50,000 entries and 33,000 subentries, the \u003ci\u003eComprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes Yiddish as a living language that is spoken in many places around the world. The late Mordkhe Schaechter collected and researched spoken and literary Yiddish in all its varieties and this landmark dictionary reflects his vision for present-day and future Yiddish usage. The richness of dialect differences and historical developments are noted in entries ranging from agriculture to zoology and include words and expressions that can be found in classic and contemporary literature, newspapers, and other sources of the written word and have long been used by professionals and tradesmen, in synagogues, at home, in intimate life, and wherever Yiddish-speaking Jews have lived and worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGitl Schaechter-Viswanath is Yiddish language editor for \u003ci\u003eAfn shvel \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and a published poet whose works include \u003ci\u003ePlutsemdiker Regn\/Sudden Rain\u003c\/i\u003e. She worked with her father Mordkhe Schaechter on his numerous Yiddish publications, including collaborating with him in compiling this dictionary.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePaul Glasser is former Dean of the Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish Studies at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. He spent many years working with Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter as a student and colleague.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 856\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 11.1 x 8.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778534637856,"sku":"9780253022820","price":54.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0a91722fbbe9af961afc60df5bdf145d.webp?v=1780507074","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/comprehensive-english-yiddish-dictionary-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}