Tayere friends of Yiddishkayt,
We are very excited to invite you to the first Yiddishkayt Los
Angeles event of 2007!
On January 18th, enjoy an evening
with the authors of Yiddish with George and Laura as
they read from their hilarious book and discuss what it
means to place Yiddish in the mouths of those you'd least
expect.
YIDDISH WITH GEORGE AND LAURA
Thursday, January 18th
8 pm at LACE
6522 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
www.welcometolace.org
Free admission
For more information: 213.389.8880
or
[email protected]
Yiddishkayt Los Angeles presents a performance reading and
discussion
with Ellis Weiner and
Barbara Davilman, the authors of Yiddish with George
and Laura (and Yiddish with Dick and Jane).
Book
signing and reception to follow.
Yiddish with George and Laura tells the story of the
farshtunkiner family's birthday bash at WASP
headquarters in Kennebunkport, Maine. See what happens
when the Bush's are able to express themselves in the
mame-loshen. Oy, if only their English was
so good!
Hosted by LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) on
Hollywood Boulevard.
ongeshtopt mit gelt (AHNG-gih-shtopt mit GELT,
where both g's are hard) - colloq. phrase. Lit.,
"Stuffed with money." Rich, wealthy, "rolling in it."
"Listen, if the United States is so ongeshtopt mit gelt
that we can spend ten billion dollars a month to fight the
insurgents in Iraq, why can't we just pay them five billion a
month to stop shooting each other already? That's called
diplomacy."
umglick (OOHM-glik) - n. Lit., "accident." A born
loser, an unlucky one.
"No matter what you think of him as a president, you have to
admit he's more that just an umglick. He's the
Umglick-in-Chief!"