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The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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ADL
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afikomen
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alte kaker
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Am Yisrael chai
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American Jewish Congress
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antisemite
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antisemitic
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antisemitism
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anusim
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B.C.E.
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B’nai B’rith Organization
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babka
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bagel
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bageling
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Balfour Declaration
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bar mitzvah
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bark mitzvah
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barmy
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be well
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beyts
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beytsemer
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Bible
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Birthright
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black hat
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blintz
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break a leg
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breaking the glass
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bris
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brisket
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brit chayim
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brit milah
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BuJew
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bureka
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Chabad
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chag sameach
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chairlady
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challah
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charoset
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cheap like borscht
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chopped liver
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chuppah
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chutzpah
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cockamamy
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Conservative
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Conservative Judaism
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continuity
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converso
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Deuteronomy
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Diaspora
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Diaspora Jew
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dreidel
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Esther
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falafel
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Falasha
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farkakte
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fatootsed
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feigele
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from your mouth to God's ears
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fumfeh
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futz
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gam zeh ya'avor
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Gan Eden
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gefilte fish
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gefrunzled
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gentile
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gesundheit
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ghetto
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glitch
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gnevah
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good for the Jews
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good yom-tov
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goy
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Hadassah
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halleluyah
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halva
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hamentaschen
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hamotzi
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hamsa
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Hanukkah
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happy Hanukkah
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happy Pesach
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happy Purim
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Har ha-Bayit
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Har Sinai
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