In the course of a lifetime, we encounter any number of friends.
Some are friends by happenstance — friends who happen to attend school with us, happen to work where we do or reside near us. When we graduate from school, change careers or relocate, most such friends slowly disappear from our lives — and we from theirs.
\”It is hard to convey the special sense of respect, dignity and approbation that can be conveyed by calling someone \’a real mensch,\’\” writes Leo Rosten in \”The Joys of Yiddish.\”\n\nThe Yiddish word infuses the basic German denotation — \”person\” — with an almost indefinable connotation. A mensch is a person who is upright, honorable, decent, as Rosten writes, a person to admire and emulate.
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At the indecent hour of 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 22, movie stars, directors and producers will be wide awake and nervously awaiting word whether their names or films have been nominated to vie for Oscar honors at the 80th Annual Academy Awards.
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