though now kaplansky my step father- tells me that he avoids talking publicly with somebody in that language , as here its thought to be non-intelligent and a proof of lower class people well , said wolfee , if you are familiar with yiddish , you know what bobkes are i think its common beans , said nahumik , i know that from my step-pa , who once told my mom , still while we were in israel : the arabs had not shot bobkes on the jews , as people now think .