Enjoy the most comprehensive and hilariously entertaining lexicon of the colorful and deeply expressive language of Yiddish. With the recent renaissance of interest in Yiddish, and in keeping with a language that embodies the variety and vibrancy of life itself, The New Joys of Yiddish brings Leo Rosten's masterful work up to date. Revised for the first time by Lawrence Bush, in close consultation with Rosten's daughters, it retains the spirit of the original--with its wonderful jokes, tidbits of cultural history, Talmudic and biblical references--and is enhanced by hundreds of new entries...

Why are so many baby boomers tuned into a quest for spirituality? How did growing up with the Bomb influence a generations view of science and spirit?

What effects did psychedelic drugs have on American spirituality? What is the difference between open-mindedness and gullibility?

Is God a necessary part of a religious life? Is atheism merely a negation of religious belief, or is it something more?

Waiting for God challenges us to become the God we seek: Like Prometheus, Bush steals the Heavenly Fire, and treasures a vision of planting it in his own heart and the hearts of his fellow men....