Writers have celebrated the fruitful dialogue between English and Yiddish for decades. This lexicon reveals the full extent of that dialogue, introducing "Anglish", or Anglicized Yiddish, in which a Yiddish word is integrated into English usage. It is a guide to the ways Yiddish has permeated and transformed the American language.

This greatly expanded and updated second edition of "Anglish/Yinglish" is a splendid guide to the ways Yiddish has permeated and transformed the American language. Gene Bluestein is a professor emeritus of English at California State University at Fresno. He is author of "Poplore: Folk and Pop in American Culture."