This newly revised edition of the ground-breaking Artech House bestseller
The collapse of Western colonial empires after the Second World War led to a series of vicious struggles for power in Africa
A bold look at a fundamental principle of Christianity
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Born To Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods Holidays (Books) This newly revised edition ofAs the main spoken language of the Jews for more than a thousand years, Yiddish has had plenty to lament, plenty to conceal. Its phrases, idioms, and expressions paint a comprehensive picture of the mind set that enabled the Jews of Europe to survive a millennium of unrelenting persecution: they never stopped kvetching about God, gentiles, children, food, and everything (and anything) else. They even learned how to smile through their kvetching and