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Shagitzes and shikses may want to brace themselves as they trudge through this kakameyme article, or better yet, grab a copy of Michael Wex’s Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods, as that is who will be kibitzing today at the Books & Books Bal Harbour at noon and then at the Gables’ store (265 Aragon Ave.) at 4:00. We know you think only a meshuggeneh would schlep on down and shvitz in this crazy heat, but obviously they have a little more chutzpah than you and wish to explore “Yiddish in relation to nature, food, childhood, courtship and marriage, sex ... and death, all topics worthy of a good kvetch,” as Books & Books puts it. Plus those who buy a copy for their grandmother will be a mensch for life. Some gelt required for the book; bubkes if you want, well, bubkes. Visit www.booksandbooks.com for more info, though you’ll have to put down the nosh. Gentiles welcome, though Mel may have to wait at the door.
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