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haim·ish also heim·ish (h

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adj. Slang

Warm and comfortable; homey; folksy: "It is very gentle and sweet up here. It's . . . sort of haimish" (Janet Malcolm).

[Yiddish heymish, from Middle High German heimisch, from Old High German heimisc, from heim, home; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.]

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heimish			She has high praise for the haimish -- warm and homey -- congregation. CONSERVATIVE FEMALE CANTOR FITS IN RELIGION: LINDA RICH FOLLOWS ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Of people still in full career, I find that, among public figures, I admire Pierre Boulez, whom I met once and found both haimish and winning; Mikhail Baryshnikov, who surmounted the obstacles of being born to wretched parents in a miserable country to go on to become a prominent artist with a selfless devotion to his art; and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who seems to me not only the most talented person in political life but the only one with whom I'd care to sit down to lunch. In a snob-free zone: is there a place where one is outside all ... by Epstein, Joseph / Washington Monthly Thousands of people of all faiths loved the haimish (homey)Jewish music and the lively frailachs. Sounds of sensibility by Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought			Haiduck Haiduk Haifa Haig Haight-Ashbury haik Haikal Haikou haiku Haikwan Haikwan tael hail hail down Hail Mary hail-fellow hail-fellow-well-met Haile Selassie hailer Hailse Hailsham of St Marylebone Hailshot hailstone hailstorm Hailwood Haily haimish Hain hain't Hainan Hainaut haint Haiphong hair hair appointment hair ball Hair bracket hair care hair cell Hair cells Hair Color hair coloring Hair compass hair curler hair drier hair dryer hair dye hair follicle hair gel Hair glove hair grass hair grease			Hailsham, Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount and Baron Hailsham, Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone Hailshot HAILSS hailstone hailstone hailstone hailstone Hailstones Hailstones Hailstones Hailstones Hailstones hailstorm hailstorm Hailstorms Hailstorms Hailufeng Revolutionary Base Hailwood Hailwood Hailwood Hailwood, Mike Hailwood, Mike Hailwood, Mike Haily Haim Weizman Haim Weizman Haim Weizmann Haim Weizmann Haim-Munk Syndrome haimish Haimon Haimos Haimos Mountains Haimos Mountains Haimos Mountains Haimovitch Medical Technology Consultants Haimovitz, Matt Hain Hain hain't Hain, Peter Gerald Hainag Hainag Hainan Hainan Hainan Hainán Hainán Hainán Hainan Dao Hainan Dao Hainan Dao Hainan Euro-Asia Brewery Company Limited Hainan Institute of Tropical Agricultural Resources Hainan Island Hainan Island Hainan Island Hainan pig Hainan Province Hainan Province

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