Michael Wex
Novelist, lecturer, and translator Michael Wex is one of the leading lights in the revival of Yiddish, and author of the New York Times bestseller Born to Kvetch and its follow-up, Just Say Nu .
Novelist, lecturer, and translator Michael Wex is one of the leading lights in the revival of Yiddish, and author of the New York Times bestseller Born to Kvetch and its follow-up, Just Say Nu . See less
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Michael Wex book reviews
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Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods
Nothing to kvetch about; it's profound and funny.
I've seldom seen a book about Yiddish that was as thorough and entertaining as "Born to Kvetch." Wex's knowledge of the Bible, the Talmud, the Yiddish language, Hebrew, and the cultural milieu in ... Read More
