An organ is a part of your body that performs a specific function: like your brain, lungs, or skin. You might not use the word organ often, but you use organs every second â imagine getting through a day without your heart or skin. An organ may also serve a specific function for an institution: a periodical like a newsletter can be an organ of an organization.
Click Play to hear the word Mensch Mensch is a Yiddish word meaning a person of integrity and honor Leo Rosten, author of the lexicon The Joys of Yiddish, says a mensch is a term that Jews grew up on in their childhood. â¦ Continue reading â
According to Leo Rosten, the Yiddish maven and author of The Joys of Yiddish,  mensch  is someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character. The key to being 'a real mensch' is nothing less than character, rectitude, dignity, a sense of what is right, responsible, decorous..The term is used as a high compliment, expressing the rarity and value of that individual's qualities.he key to being 'a real mensch' is nothing less than character, rectitude, dignity, a sense of what is right, responsible, decorous.. The term is used as a high compliment, expressing the rarity and value of that individual's qualities.