"The Gorgeous George of Canadian literature" – Michael Wex
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck) comes out in paperback across North America next Tuesday.
To mark this, Wex was interviewed by Dan Levin at Shalom Life about what it means to be a mentsh.
"A mentsh is the kind of person you would call a stand up person,” he says. “Somebody who can be counted on to do the right... Read more here
Sometimes I don't always get it the first time...
I have heard of a Yiddish expression that in English means "It saves two others." However, I have never been able to find it or hear it in Yiddish. Can you provide the expression in Yiddish?
Sorry, but it doesn't ring any bells with me. Do you have any idea of how the expression is used or which meaning of "save" is meant?
The expression "It saves two... Read more here
Michael Wex by Suzanne McLaren
As I mentioned on Thursday, Wex was recently interviewed by Zoomer Magazine.
Athena McKenzie-Parkin asks Michael five questions about his new novel The Frumkiss Family Business including where the original idea for the book came from, whether the main character Faktor is based on a real person and how Wex feels about being compared to Mordecai Richler and Philip Roth.
You... Read more here
We love Pop Judaica - they have the funkiest, funniest, coolest Judaica around! (They've also stocked Wex's books so we heart them big time.)
Pop Judaica describe themselves an online retailer that caters to the Jewish demographic. They are dedicated to providing you with funny Jewish gifts that will make you giggle and smile about being Jewish. They have recently teamed up with Modern Tribe and now have... Read more here
The Frumkiss Family Business gets its first recommendation in the September edition of Zoomer Magazine, Canada's boomer lifestyle magazine.
We're thrilled at this early support for the book from Moses Znaimer's publication that describes zoomers as "baby boomers with zip" and is aimed at Canadians over 45 "who embrace life with experience and confidence and who aren't afraid of change".
Michael was... Read more here
Here's a lovely request we had from England recently:
I am trying to translate the term 'Welcome' into Yiddish for a conference banner City and Hackney Mind are producing in London very soon! Can you help? If 'Welcome' is inappropriate please feel free to advice another similar term. We want people to feel welcome when they arrive.
The correct phrase (I'm giving it in the plural, as I'm sure that you're... Read more here
The "Frumkiss" display at Indigo, Yonge and Eglinton
Sorry this picture is so large, but we're a bit over-excited.
Today marks the publication of Michael's new book The Frumkiss Family Business.
If you live in Canada please rush out to your nearest bookstore and grab one. Or ten. If you're in the rest of the world please go online and order your copy now!
Our daughter thanks you for your support... Read more here
