{2:42 minutes to read} According to Wikipedia, the Yiddish word “Mensch” describes a person of integrity and honor. A mensch is someone you like and admire. They are a person of character and dignity with a good sense of right and wrong. To be called a mensch is to receive the highest compliment.
Then there is the “unmensch.” We all know this person. We pick up the phone and they say, “Hi. How ya doin’?” and we think to ourselves, “What does he (or she) want now?” These are the people who never call unless they want or need something from us. It is all about give and take: We give, and they take.
