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So, a couple of months back, my Father-in-Law, Max, gave me this very funny little book entitled Yiddish with George & Laura. The book is a primer in the Yiddish language, as told through a visit with the still President Bush, his wife, Laura, and the Bush clan.

For the uninitiated, Yiddish — according to Wikipedia — (י’דיש yidish or א’ד’ש idish, literally “Jewish”) is a non-territorial High German language, spoken throughout the world but, unlike other such languages, is written with the Hebrew alphabet. It isn’t as prevelant as it was a generation ago, but it is experiencing something of a comeback.

Anyway, the book is rather cute, and tells a story about George and Laura utilizing Yiddish words liberally sprinkled throughout the tale. There is also a glossary of terms at the back of the book so that you can flip back and forth from the story to the glossary so that you can understand what is going on in the story.

The authors of the book, Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman previously wrote a similar book Yiddish with Dick and Jane. To be sure, you don’t have to be Jewish (or have Jewish In-Laws or friends) to appreciate the humor in these books, but it certainly doesn’t hurt.

To get something of a feel for how the book reads, check out the following video (sound required).

that is told in the same fashion. I never saw that book, but if it is even half as funny as this one, you should get both.

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