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"Noshing" is snacking, not stealing!,
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This review is from: Star Trek: Reader's Reference to the Novels: 1980-1983 (Paperback)
This is not a review actually, just a nitpick re: something that came up in a search for Jewish references in Trek. On page 135 the Yiddish term "noshing" is incorrectly defined as "stealing extra food." Not correct. It means snacking! [Yiddish nash, from nashn, to eat sweets, nibble on, from Middle High German naschen, to nibble.] A "nosh" is a snack or light meal, as in "We noshed on bagels between classes." A "nosher" is someone who noshes -- and that's NOT a thief!Why do I care about this blooper? Because I am Jewish, and I certainly do not want my fellow Trekkers to start thinking that we Jews are a bunch of thieves because we love to nosh. A quick google search would have revealed tons of noshing blogs, restaurants, and other Jewish food sites that clearly are NOT about stealing food! (Rabbi Gershom, author of Jewish Themes in Star Trek) |
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Star Trek: Reader's Reference to the Novels: 1980-1983 by Alva Underwood (Paperback - October 9, 2002)
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