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To: dixiechick2000
dc, what's a 'mensch'? My yiddish is a little rusty........FRegards
106 posted on 02/01/2004 12:19:25 AM PST by gonzo (I just had a birthday. I'm now old enough to realize that there's nothing left to learn the hard way)
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To: gonzo
'mensch'

Think John Wayne. Were he Jewish, he would be a mensch.
It's yiddish for someone who does the right thing.
That's a basic explanation, anyway. ;o)
111 posted on 02/01/2004 12:26:56 AM PST by dixiechick2000 (President Bush is a mensch in cowboy boots.)
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