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“I learned a new word last fall, "nachas", from my friend at Newmark's Door.”
“There was a lot of nachas -- pride -- out of the whole concert and CD.”
The Huffington Post: Tom Teicholz: Celebrate a Fantastic Klezmatic Hanukkah
“But the elder Kristol's misgivings were buried beneath the nachas — that is, a Jewish parent's pride in his children.”
“Also, thankfully, Neil Diamond's Cherry Cherry Christmas includes a version of "The Chanukah Song" that should give that mensch Adam Sandler a whole lot of nachas.”
“I got nachas reading about you in The Times last Sunday!”
“There was, you might say -- at least if you were an aging Jewish rock critic like me -- a whole lot of nachas going on.”
David Wild: How You Can Heal Our Troubled Economy: Buy My Book, Bitches
“And, of course, he went to law school and achieved one of the Jewish mother's iconic (if a Jewish mother can be described with a Christian metaphor) kvells of nachas: "My son the lawyer.”
Adam Hanft: Barack Obama - The First Jewish Presidential Nominee
“Our son will be Bar Mitzvahed this Spring and both of his mothers will be there to honor him. the nachas we share about our children and our marriage is no different than my heterosexual brother or sister.”
“And tomorrow, such nachas, which has nothing to do with torillas or cheese.”
“Our advisor was also on faculty, and got to schep some more nachas he already officiated at two of our weddings this summer.”
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Yiddishkeit
There are a few short lists of Yiddish words, but none appropriate to the glory of the language, and none that are open. Thought I'd start one, and would love contributions. I'm tagging as I go, an...
schmuck, nosh, chutzpah, shtick, kvetch, oy vey, oy gevalt, shvitz, shtik, shiksa, putz, mensch and 94 more...
john Yiddish for joy and pride in one's children. Apr 6, 2009
kenspeckle Felt by the mother of a mensch. Feb 17, 2007