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A warm introduction to the world of the Yekkes — German Jewry: its history, its towering gedolim, its decorum-filled shuls, its cherished minhagim from the wimpel to berches, and the pinktlich spirit that still shapes Klal Yisroel today.

A warm introduction to Yiddish, the mame-loshn of Ashkenazic Jewry — its thousand-year history, its dialects, its golden age of literature, and its vibrant life in today's chassidic world.

A warm, respectful guide to Ashkenazi Jewry — history, where they live today, the three main nusachos (including why "Nusach Sefard" is actually an Ashkenazi rite), Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation, and the key minhagim of Pesach, tefillin, and Yom Tov.