by Marilla | Apr 23, 2015 | Articles, New York Times
Ben Schott’s piece The Secret Slang of the Diamond District is published in the New York Times today with a little help from Wex. The street has its own vocabulary, honed over generations and still used today. The prevalence of Yiddish reflects the historical...
by Marilla | Nov 25, 2010 | New York Times
All three Wexes enjoy nothing better than spending Christmas in a kosher hotel in the Hudson Valley in upstate New York immersing themselves in Yiddish culture. And now the New York Times has taken an interest. In the feature article “No Need to Kvetch, Bubala,...
by Marilla | Apr 13, 2010 | New York Times
The response to the New York Times’ weekend Yiddish question and answer competition on Ben Schott’s vocabulary blog was unprecedented. 451 comments were left on the page A Bissel Yiddish?. Wex tells me that 451 is the gematria of tanna, a mishnaic sage....
by Marilla | Mar 27, 2010 | New York Times
Today on the New York Times Ben Schott’s Vocab Blog is tackling Yiddish. And Wex is the moderator! At the time of writing (less than 24 hours after the blog went live) there are over 380 comments where readers have asked questions, answered questions and added...
