Scholarship meets humor in this book about English and how it has been influenced by the Yiddish language.  This book explores Yinglish, or Yiddish words that are used in colloquial English (kibitzer, mish-mash, bagel, etc.) and Americanish , words coined by Jews in the US (shmegehhe, utz, etc.).  Each entry is illuminated with marvelous stories and epigrams from folklore and the Talmud..