Gimpel Beynish the Matchmaker
(Gimpl Beynish der Shadkhn)
Yiddish Comics of the early 20th century

Translation and commentary by Jane Peppler
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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Gimpel discovers the pros and cons of chewing gum. 2-20-1915

Gimpel knows the "great Torah" of tshuing-gom but when it ends up on his face he calls it khazeray (treyf, piggy-ness)




February 20, 1915: When you go looking for trouble, you find it.
  1. GB: What's this, loafer? Maybe you're gobbling something unclean?
  2. Notke: It's chewing gum. Try a piece, Papa.
  3. GB: Now I know the trick too. Quite complicated.
  4. GB: What's this? How do I get rid of it?
  5. GB: Loafer, save me from your swinery.

2-20-1915
אַז מען זוכט צרות, געפֿינט מען.

1
גימפּעל בײניש: װאָס איז דאָס, לױפֿער? אפֿשר פֿרעסטו גאָר טרפֿות?
2
נאָטקע: עס איז טשואינג-גאָם. פֿאַרזוך אױך אַ שטיקעל, פּאַפּאַ.
3
גימפּעל בײניש: אָט קען איך אױך דעם קונץ. אַ גרױסע תּורה.
4
גימפּעל בײניש: װאָס איז דאָס? װי אַזײַ טשעפּעט מען זיך אָפּ?
5
גימפּעל בײניש: לױפֿער, ראַטעװע מיך אַרױס פֿון דײַן חזיר׳ײַ.

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