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Keeping up with the Steins (view source)
Revision as of 18:35, January 5, 2008
, 18:35, January 5, 2008Jewish and/or Yiddish terms
The film is set in the Brentwood section of [[Los Angeles]], where "it doesn't matter what happens in the [[temple]]. It's the party that counts." (Benji's dad, Adam)
The film is set in the Brentwood section of [[Los Angeles]], where "it doesn't matter what happens in the [[temple]]. It's the party that counts." (Benji's dad, Adam)
Behind all the silliness and frivolity, the movie is the story of a boy becoming a man with the help of his previously estranged grandfather.
==Glossary of Jewish and Yiddish terms==
The movie uses many Jewish and/or Yiddish terms:
*[[bar mitzvah]]
*[[yarmulke]] - skull cap
*[[nachas]] - pride
*[[cantor]] - teacher or worship leader
*[[rabbi]]
*[[Bible]] - primarily Old Testament - no New Testament, of course
*[[conservative]] - not as strict as [[orthodox Judaism]]
*[[synagogue]] - place of worship (i.e., a Jewish [[church]])
*[[confirmation]]
*[[Haftorah]]
*[[bimah]]
*[[sanctuary]]
*[[alter kocker]] - old man
*[[pischer]]
*[[Goy]] - non-Jewish person
*[[Bris]]
*[[Shalom]]
*[[bagels]] and [[lox]]
*[[fershlugginer]]
*[[farkakte]]
*[[schmuck]]
*[[tikkum olam]] - responsible for repairing the world
*[[meshugana]]