In Shmoozing with The Word Mavens, we celebrate Jewish holidays, traditions old and new, and share funny stories about the colorful Yiddish words that we overheard our Bubbes and Zaydes using. We answer burning questions like:

• Why did a newspaper report that the Pope was shmoozing?
• Are you a shnorrer if you lurk by the free sample counters at Costco?
• Is it kosher for Martha Stewart to call herself the Christmas maven? 
• After many requests for a return performance, we’ve developed a new presentation: Noshing with The Word Mavens. We dive into familiar Jewish foods, like knishes and kugels, and newer delights like Sephardic haroset and shakshuka. We’ll talk about machers who became famous for their food inventions, the surprising history of the bagel, and where gefilte fish swim.

You'll gobble up interesting facts like:

• Who are the Fleishmann brothers and what did they invent that made their mother kvell?
• Is p’tach a Jewish food or a sound you make when you spit something out?
• When your Bubbe told you to “shitteryne” was she cursing?
• Is the “gefilte fish line" a new form of Jewish geography?