Jewish
Jewish adjective - Of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion.
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Yiddish and Jewish are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Yiddish" with "Jewish", this adjectives are similar.
Nearby Word: Jew
Yiddish
Yiddish noun - A dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script.
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- Not a surprise, as Brooks is proudly Jewish himself and loves referencing Jewish/Yiddish culture.
Source: Ambiguously Jewish - Isaac Jaffe on Sports Night has a very Jewish name (Isaac is from the Biblical patriarch, and the last name Jaffe comes from the Hebrew word for beautiful), and frequently uses Yiddish expressions.
Source: Ambiguously Jewish -
The tendency of some Jewish male characters in media to be paired with a non-Jewish female character ("Shiksa" in Yiddish).
Source: Shiksa Goddess
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