'Where the Wild Things Are' Is a Love Letter to Jewish Children.

[elleng]

*Max was a mirror of Sendak’s own life and childhood. He was inspired by his background growing up in Brooklyn and his relationship with his parents. Much like Max, Maurice also went to bed often without supper, was rambunctious and felt like an outsider. And “Wild Thing” actually references a Yiddish term that Sendak heard growing up. When he was a child, his mother often used to call him a “vilde chaya,” meaning “wild animal” in Yiddish.'

https://www.kveller.com/where-the-wild-things-are-is-a-love-letter-to-jewish-children/?

[underpants]

1. I had no idea.

Thanks.

[elleng]

2. Neither did I,

but it FITS!