Matchmaker; marriage broker. (There is the professional type who derives his living from it, but many Jewish women used to engage in matchmaking without compensation only from religious motives) Shain vi di zibben velten Shayn vi di zibben velten Shein vi di zibben velten Sheyn vi di ...
A long, involved sales pitch, as in, “I had to listen to his whole spiel before I found out what he really wanted.” From the German word forplay. shikse A non-Jewish woman, all too often used derogatorily. It has the connotation of “young and beautiful,” so referring to a ma...
Every Purim for the past 35 years we have published a Purim parody edition of The Kustanowitz Kronikle, covering virtually every aspect of Jewish life, and including parodies of hundreds of popular movies. This year we decided to retire the series and capture all the fun in a book that's...
What Does Yenta Mean? What Is a Jewish Yenta? Is the Meaning of Yenta Matchmaker? Share While a non-Jewish or Gentile woman may be considered a shiksa for romantically pursuing an eligible Jewish male, an older Jewish woman who gossips incessantly and meddles in the affairs of others is oft...