“Mensch” (what I told you you were after taking my call off-air after conclusion of show) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia this article is about the Yiddish word. Mensch (Yiddish: ????? mentsh, German: Mensch, for human being) means “a person of integrity and honor”. [1] The opposite of a Mensch is an Unmensch (meaning: an utterly cruel or evil person). According to Leo Rosten, the Yiddish maven and author of The Joys of Yiddish, mentsh 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”. [2] In Yiddish (from which the word has migrated into American English), mentsh roughly means “a good person.” A “mentsh” is a particularly good person, like “a stand-up guy,” a person with the qualities one would hope for in a dear friend or trusted colleague.“