shammes

Its petty ambitions, jealousies and internal intrigues contrasted vividly with the humility of the shammes, whose son was indeed the only Zionist in the practical meaning of the word, since he was “there,” in Israel.

Janette Fishenfeld. 2009

Meyer Landsman is the most decorated shammes in the District of Sitka, the man who solved the murder of the beautiful Froma Lefkowitz by her furrier husband, and caught Podolsky the Hospital Killer.

Excerpt: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon 2007

In a festive atmosphere, he is received by participants of both high and low rank; in the midst of all the excitement, a humble shammes (synagogue caretaker) approaches him with a letter.

Janette Fishenfeld. 2009

But the solution was temporary, and the lease has almost expired, so our hero shammes I always thought it was shamus, but this is the Yiddish version is trying to crack his case under the shadow of Reversion, when the land will revert back to the U.S. and the Jews may be homeless once more.

Wednesday Review: Michael Chabon, THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION Book Nerd 2007

But the solution was temporary, and the lease has almost expired, so our hero shammes I always thought it was shamus, but this is the Yiddish version is trying to crack his case under the shadow of Reversion, when the land will revert back to the U.S. and the Jews may be homeless once more.

Archive 2007-04-11 Book Nerd 2007

In later years, Asher Washinsky, now assumed to be a ruined man, was reported to be working as a shammes, a janitor, in a small synagogue in South America, or was it South Africa, or was it South Australia, but he could just as easily have been out drinking himself to death.

Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006

The gay takes a seat, and the shammes seeing a new face, invites him for an aliya.

jonnycarston Diary Entry jonnycarston 2005

The shammes screams that the gay shul is two blocks down the street, and that the gay should get the hell out of this normal shul.

jonnycarston Diary Entry jonnycarston 2005

The gay takes a seat, and the shammes seeing a new face, invites him for an aliya.

jonnycarston Diary Entry jonnycarston 2005

The shammes screams that the gay shul is two blocks down the street, and that the gay should get the hell out of this normal shul.

jonnycarston Diary Entry jonnycarston 2005