MARJORIE GOTTLIEB WOLFE invites her readers to join her on an 8-day Viking river cruise to Southern France from Oct. 21 to Oct. 28, 2012.
Visit Avignon, Arles, Viviers (nicknamed “City of Popes”), Tournon, Tain L’Hermitage (a region known for its wine and gourmet chocolate), Vienne, and Lyon. Drive along France’s Burgundy wine route through Pommard, Volnay, and Meursault. You may extend your time in France with 3 delightful nights in Paris, one of the world’s most romantic cities.
During the journey, Marjorie will be giving talks on the following topics:
“How to Meet Your ‘Bashert’ on JDate”
“50 Fabulous Yiddish “F” Words—and the stories behind them”
“Tales From the Front Stoop”
“Ess. Ess. The Children in Europe are Starving”
“The Bintel Brief in 2012”
“The Humor of Judge Judy”
“The Humor of Molly Goldberg”
“What the Chelm! Chelm Tales”
“The Humor of Sam Levenson”
Contact ANDERSON TRAVEL
1801 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way
Suite 100
Palm Springs, CA 92262
877-237-9026
http://www.travelanderson.com/
About Marjorie
Marjorie is a retired business educator and free-lance writer who resides in Syosset, New York. Articles of hers have appeared in The New York Times, Smart Money Magazine, Playbill Magazine, Reunions Magazine, The National Business Employment Weekly, The Jewish Press, Long Island Jewish World, GantsehMegillah.com, and many other publications.
The late Erma Bombeck said that all she knew about animal behavior she learned in Loehmann’s dressing room. Marjorie learned her Yiddish from Leo Rosten, Uriel Weinreich, Fred Kogos, Rabbi Benjamin Blech, Arnold Fine, Jackie Mason, Jerry Stiller, Pakn Treger, the magazine of the National Yiddish Book Center, and her mother, Jeanette Gottlieb.
Marjorie has a wonderful sense of humor.
Ask her the meaning of “VD” (venereal disease) and she’ll reply, “Vo Den,” or “Volume Discount.”
Her favorite quote—by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: “No chuppah, no shtuppa.”
Her favorite pasttime: “oysesn” or “eating out.”
In l903, the Jewish Daily Forward reported that the word “oysesn” had entered the Yiddish language. To dine out—not at a friend’s or relative’s house, but at an actual restaurant—had been unheard-of in the old country (and up until that point, even in the new). The Forward noted that this stylish habit was “spreading every day, especially in New York.”
Marjorie loves the Yiddish language. She agrees 100% with David M. Bader that “Yiddish has no word for ‘golf’ but it has 273 different words to complain about lower back pain.”
Despite the fact that someone once told her, “Your latkes need work; the children are mistaking them for dreidels,” her children and grandchildren call her a “balebosteh” (also spelled “bale-boste” or “balabusta”)—a capable homemaker. She tends to agree with Bernard S. Raskas that “The real test of a good housewife is not what she serves on Thanksgiving Day, but how she handles leftover turkey.”
Marjorie, who is celebrating her “plentieth” birthday, uses “Oil of Oy Vey”—a facial lotion for Jewish women. “S’iz mir gut!” (It’s great!)
Marjorie invites you to share her “frailechkeit” (happiness) with your friends and “mishpocheh.” “Geb a kuk” (give a look) at her website.
January
January 3
Boca West Country Club
Boca Raton, FL
Talk: “The Bintel Brief in 2012”
7:30 p.m.
Contact Arnold Treff (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) for details.
January 5
Delray Beach Public Library
2 p.m.
“The Humor of Judge Judy”
Call 561-266-9490 for details
January 9
Aviva Hadassah
Temple Beth Tikvah
Lake Worth, Florida
12:15
“Ess. Ess. The Children in Europe are Starving”
January 11
Palm Chase Lakes
Jewish Culture Club
1 p.m.
January 17
Century Village, Boca Raton
“Snowbird Club” (New Friends)
“The Bintel Brief in 2012”
Contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for details
January 19
Coral Lakes (FL)
Seasonal Club
2 p.m.
Topic: “The Humor of Molly Goldberg”
January 24
Covered Bridge
Lee Vassil Hadassah group
Lake Worth, FL
1 p.m.
Topic: “The Humor of Molly Goldberg”
February
February 6
Valencia Falls
Red Hat Ladies
Delray Beach, Florida
1 p.m.
“The Humor of Sam Levenson”
February 19
Venetian Isles Hadassah
Evening program
Topic: “The Humor of Molly Goldberg”
February 21
National Council of Jewish Women
Villaggio Social Hall
Lake Worth, FL
10 a.m.
Topic: To be announced
February 22
The Carlisle
450 E. Ocean Ave.
Lantana, FL
2 p.m.
“The Humor of Molly Goldberg”
February 24
Glades Road Library
Boca Raton, FL
2 p.m.
“The Humor of Sam Levenson”
February 28
Greenacres Library
Jog Road, Greenacres, FL
2 p.m.
“The Bintel Brief - Part II”
March
March 13
Jewish Couples Club of the Palm Beaches
James A. Rutherford Comm. Center
Boca Raton
10:45 a.m.
March 19
Woman’s Conference
Temple Torah, Boynton Beach, FL
Talk: “The Humor of Judge Judy”
10:45 - 12:00
March 21
Shira Hadassah
Delray Beach, FL
12:45
Topic: “The Humor of Molly Goldberg”
March 26
Majestic Isles Hadassah
Boynton Beach, FL
12:30
April
April 4
Sayville Public Library
Sayville, New York
2 p.m.
“Tales From the Front Stoop”
April 5
JCC Friendship Club
JCC, Plainview, New York
12:30
“The Bintel Brief in 2012”
April 30
JCC on the Hudson
10:30 - 12 noon
“Humor of Sam Levenson”
May
May 18
Comsewogue Public Library
Port Jefferson Station, N. Y.
2 p.m.
“The Humor of Judge Judy”
June
June 7
Scarsdale JCC
Scarsdale, N. Y.
1 - 2:30
“The Humor of Judge Judy”
June 11
Peninsula Public Library
Lawrence, N. Y.
1 p.m.
“The Bintel Brief in 212”
October
October 21 - 28
8-day Viking River Cruise
Southern France
Join Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe as she sails along France’s scenic Saone and Rhone Rivers past some of the most beautiful area that France has to offer. Explore the famed region of Burgundy and visit Galla-Roman ruins, walk cobbled streets and visit the historic Papal Palace region’s time-honored winemaking traditions.
Marjorie will be speaking on the following topics:
“The Bintel Brief in 2012”
“The Humor of Molly Goldberg”
“The Humor of Sam Levenson”
“The Humor of Judge Judy”
“The Humor of the Jewish Mother”
“Tales From the Front Stoop”
“Grandma, I Met My ‘Bashert’ on JDate:
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About
Dating Online”
“Ess. Ess. The Children in Europe are
Starving”
“50 Fabulous Yiddish Words—and the stories behind them”
“What the Chelm! Chelm Tales”
For more information, contact:
ANDERSON TRAVEL
1801 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way
Palm Springs, CA 92262
877-237-9026
http://www.travelanderson.com/
