"His books have not just been good for the Jews; they have been great." – Joel Yanofsky, Literary Review of Canada
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Michael Wex reads from his new novel The Frumkiss Family Business. In this third of four extracts we meet Allan Milner, ethnomusicologist, Yankee Gallstone fan and Eloykim Faktor's self-appointed biographer.
Thanks to the Ashkenaz Festival for hosting the book's launch.
Michael Wex reads from The Frumkiss Family Business.... 
Michael Wex reads from his new novel The Frumkiss Family Business. In this second of four extracts we meet the Frumkiss children - Vanessa and the twins, Rachel and Randall.
Thanks to the Ashkenaz Festival for hosting the book's launch.
Michael Wex reads from The Frumkiss Family Business. Part 2 - the Frumkiss kids from Marilla Wex on... 
Michael Wex reads from his new novel The Frumkiss Family Business.
In this first of four extracts we meet the Frumkiss children's grandfather Elyokim Faktor - Yiddish author and the voice of dodo puppet star Yankee Gallstone.
Thanks to the Ashkenaz Festival for hosting the book's launch.
The Frumkiss Family Business Part 1 - Elyokim Faktor from Marilla Wex on Vimeo.
The Frumkiss Family Business Part 1 -... 
Here's an interview Wex did following the publication of How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck).
In it he talks to Rebecca Brighton about how not to be a shmuck and how Yiddish language informs Jewish... 
Al Roker knows more Yiddish than you'd guess
In December 2005 Wex appeared on the Today Show with Al Roker.
Al starts by talking to regular Joes in the Carnegie Deli to find out how much Yiddish they know.
He then interviews Wex about why he wrote Born to Kvetch. Wex explains how kvetching can be cathartic, the true meaning of kvetch, how Yiddish went mainstream and the definition of shlemiel.
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