schlemiel

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“My first book,” in 1971, “was on ‘The Schlemiel as Modern Hero,’ or the comedy of the loser as winner,” Ms. Wisse says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

This kosher Candide reincarnates the nonhero of Jewish folklore: Peter Schlemiel, the enemy of commissar and cop.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lepke and Schmukler they found guilty�not guilty Little Schlemiel Kardonick, who wept.

From Time Magazine Archive

This kosher Candide reincarnates the non-hero of Jewish folklore: Peter Schlemiel, the enemy of commissar and cop.

From Time Magazine Archive

You should go tell him to change his name to Schlemiel.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole