10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUFTMENSCH»
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German English Words: A Popular Dictionary of German Words ...
Douglas Rushkoff, Cyberia: Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace, 1994. luftmensch
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to luft ...
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Dictionary of Jewish Words: A JPS Guide
Lubavitch Houses, which host Shabbat dinners, Torah study groups, and social
gatherings, can be found in cities and towns throughout the world as well as on
college campuses with significant Jewish populations. luftmensch n. Yiddish ...
Joyce Eisenberg, Ellen Scolnic, 2010
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Something Ain't Kosher Here: The Rise of the "Jewish" Sitcom
"'A cultural response to the harsh realities of shtetl life, in which a considerable
number of Jewish men "without any particular skills, capital, or specific
occupations" were forced to "work" as investors, brokers, or agents, the
Luftmensch was a ...
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Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, ...
(I used to think Luftmensch was a German word, but it's one of the few Yiddish
words that sounds German but isn't. It means someone who has his head in the
clouds, or seems to live on air. In practice, of course, since none can live on air, ...
Peter Galison, Gerald James Holton, Silvan S. Schweber, 2008
From The Critical Poet Forum, Best Words, September 2002 Luftmensch
sometimes thought his alien roots were not in Eastern Europe or the Holy Land,
but in a nearby galaxy where he and Vonnegut meet for drinks and reminisce.
When he ...
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The Grace of Misery. Joseph Roth and the Politics of Exile, ...
It is also the stage for that figure typical of the East-European Jewish imagination,
the “luftmensch.”113 Ghostlike, emphemeral figures wander the streets of poor
towns and villages, and, in their physicality, they embody the bleakness and ...
Ilse Josepha Lazaroms, 2012
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Brothers and Strangers: The East European Jew in German and ...
The luftmensch was a specifically East European Jewish phenomenon.
Luftmenschen were an entire class of grown, tolerably healthy men who were
unemployed and wandered around in the hope of obtaining a piece of bread by
the end of ...
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Early Polish Modern Art: Unity in Multiplicity
... and totally active connection with the popular arts'.23 Adler's acrobats, as the
art historian Avram Kampf suggestively argued in a different context, might be
identified as the Luftmensch: 'A metaphor for people out of balance in the
economic, ...
THE. LUFTMENSCH. I. Leopold Barstein, the sculptor, was sitting in his
lonesome studio, brooding blackly over his dead illusions, when the postman
brought him a letter in a large, straggling, unknown hand. It began 'Angel of God!
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Conversations with Saul Bellow
I said, "I notice that in a couple of places in the book and especially in the last
essay on Chicago, Rosenfeld keeps referring to himself as a luftmensch (this is a
Yiddish word incorporating the "alienated man" concept). Do you consider
yourself ...
Saul Bellow, Gloria L. Cronin, Ben Siegel, 1994
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUFTMENSCH»
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“Felix and Meira” Takes Off The Wig
She longs for a larger world and begins an affair with Felix (Martin Dubrueil), a secular, non-Jewish, 40-ish luftmensch who lives in her ... «New Haven Independent, May 15»
HomeSo What If You're a Nice Jewish Boy? That's Not Enough!
I've started to think about it in terms of the (ambivalent) Yiddish ideal of the “luftmensch” — a brilliant man with his head in the clouds, who's ... «Jewish Daily Forward, May 15»
Review: Complete Poems by Jon Silkin and Portraits by Elaine …
She concludes her portrait of the Austrian Jewish novelist Joseph Roth ("Luftmensch and wanderer") with the wise words: "'I'm always at home,' ... «Jewish Chronicle, May 15»
The son of Davy the Punk is back in town: Fiorito
Bob wrote a memoir about his old man, who was what you might call a luftmensch – a man of the air – a man, in other words, who was doing ... «Toronto Star, Apr 15»
Making the Case for a Neglected Novel: 'Marjorie Morningstar'
“Airman” is also, aptly, a literal translation of the German/Yiddish term for luftmensch: an impractical overreacher. The book addresses ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 15»
Lost Horizons
Once in Romania, she realizes that her husband is a distracted Luftmensch with unlimited time for everybody except his own wife. The fact that ... «The Weekly Standard, Feb 15»
"The Wolfpack," A Documentary About Cloistered LES Siblings …
... in near total isolation from the rest of the world, thanks to an apparently megalomaniacal luftmensch of a father and a deeply passive mother. «Gothamist, Feb 15»
Tapping Into Race, And More
She described Jimmie as a “macher, mensch and luftmensch,” an indomitable woman who “won't let the world stop her.” Indeed, the playwright ... «The Jewish Week, Jan 15»
Found in Translation
... between the luftmensch and the street smart. His inability to find a publisher for this novel is “the great disappointment” of Goldhammer's life. «The New Republic, Jan 15»
A Yiddish guide to climate change
”Oi vey!” (oh such pain!) ”Oi vay iz mir!” (”Woe is us!”) Catch my drift? I am a ”luftmensch” (man with his head in the clouds) and I must speak out. «San Diego Jewish World, Dec 14»
