About the Author

Sol Steinmetz is a linguist, lexicographer, and ordained rabbi educated at Yeshiva University and Columbia University. He has edited over thirty dictionaries and is the coauthor of Meshuggenary: Celebrating the World of Yiddish.

Reviews

This book will be of great value to readers interested in Jewish usage.
*Reference and Research Book News*

This dictionary of common terms used in the Anglo-Jewish world brings clarity and comprehension to expressions from all aspects of Jewish life...be valuable for anyone interested in Jewish studies, and for students of religion, European history, and the Middle East.
*CHOICE*

Invaluable and scholarly.
*The Houston Chronicle*

Sol Steinmetz, one of the world's great lexicographers . . . has just turned out the invaluable and scholarly Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms that shows how Hebrew, Yiddish, and Aramaic words are being absorbed into the English language.
*The New York Times Magazine*