As one might surmise from its title, “Schmegoogle” is not a serious book. Subtitled “Yiddish Words for Modern Times,” it’s a pun-filled compendium that amusingly mashes up modern English with words ...

I'm sure you can think of words that come from Hebrew or Yiddish — religious words like rabbi and torah, food words like bagel and latke, cultural words like chutzpah and verklempt. But there's a very ...

A California seventh-grader aced “Yiddishkeit” and later the Hebrew word “keriah” on the way to being named one of eight co-champions. OK, not quite, but last week, when the first rounds of the finals ...

We all know who matters in life. Family. Friends. These are the people we write about, worry about, complain about. And we have so many words for them! Bestie. Sis. Bro. Partner-in-crime. We’ve got a ...

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The highbrow lexicographers have started releasing their “word of the year” to encapsulate the last 12 months in a single set of consonants and vowels. None of those words or numbers captures 2016.

(RNS) — A few days ago, I found myself watching old clips from “Saturday Night Live.” One of my favorites is Mike Myers as Linda Richman, which is apparently a loving tribute to his mother-in-law, ...