| Abstract | Shandler criticizes "Say It in Yiddish," a book for travelers issued by Dover Publications and edited by Uriel and Beatrice Weinrich. The phrase book offers travelers the false assurance that its contents provide sufficient skills for conversing in an unknown language. It also stands out as an example of the powerful and contentious role of the imaginary Jewish culture since it is an implicit exercise in imagining Yiddish land.
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