The lyrics of these songs are generally English with some Hebrew or Yiddish phrases.

Mr. Lieberman mentions it much less, though Yiddish phrases still pepper his speeches to Jewish audiences.

"A gontser macher," says Seroy, using a Yiddish phrase that translates, roughly, as "a real operator."

The secret of his lasting success in show business, he said, could be summed up in one Yiddish phrase: "Nem di gelt."

Curiously, the Yiddish phrase from which Enjoy!

In other settings, Italian, Spanish and Yiddish phrases roll easily off his tongue.

To himself, Stern briefly groaned and muttered one of his mother's Yiddish phrases.

If you forgot about the Yiddish phrase "a bissel," which means "a little," she could have been in "Gone With the Wind."

Most of his stories and novels were set in Brooklyn and the dialogue was peppered with Yiddish phrases.

AGES 6-8 The perfect age, especially if you're able and willing to translate the Yiddish phrases.