Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 6.056 September 5, 1996 1) Sender Vaysman, olev hasholem (Sylvia Schildt) 2) Work songs (Sylvia Schildt) 3) Yiddish of Greater Baltimore (Sylvia Schildt) 4) Yiddish rhyming dictionary (Al Grand) 5) Ovnt lekoved yunge yidish shraybers (Leybl Botvinik) 6) Rut levin - "dos libe lidl" (Leybl Botvinik) 7) Song: aroys iz in Vilne (Thorsten Bauer) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 16:22:49 -0400 (EDT) From: creativa@charm.net Subject: Sender Vaysman, olev hasholem Azey fil ondenkn in Forvertz vegn Sender Vaysmanen vos iz ersht avek in der eybikayt mit a vokh tzurik. Ven zey zaynen gevorn khosn-kale, gedenk ikh, vi mindl gurner flegt im rufn senderl ikh hob zey etlekhe mol getrofn in cleveland ohio, vu zey hobn ongefirt di arbeter ring shules in shtot. Ikh vil oysdrikn mitgefil tzu mindlen (vos ikh gedenk zi fun mayne mitl shul yorn) als porfolk zaynen zey geven eyns un azelkhes - lerer, kultur tuer - ikh vintsh mindlen zi zol hobn keykhes ibertzutrogn dem umglik un farlust. ikh bin kmat 9 yor an almoneh, vil ikh oysdruken mayn tifstn mitgefil. sylvia schildt baltimore md 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 15:49:48 -0400 (EDT) From: creativa@charm.net Subject: Work songs [regarding Jeri Fogel's post, 6.055:] Talk about serendipity! I had just finalized plans for our Yiddish of Greater Baltimore program for Oct. 13 (7 pm at Bibelot Bookstore, 1819 Reisterstown Rd. Baltimore, MD) which will be entitled in English "Shop 'til you Drop" 100 Years from Sweat Shop to Suburbia -- when I decided to log on to Yiddishland and Mendele. It was bashert! The expert on words and performance of this material is none other than Shulamis Dion (Columbia/YIVO) a singer/lecturer/teacher. This is truly her area of expertise. She performed a group of these - including "Triangle Shirtwaist Fire" at Mame Loshn 95. YIVO or Jewish Labor COmmittee can help you reach her -- or contact me directly for her phone number. She will be coming to Baltimore to perform for us. Sylvia Schildt Baltimore,MD 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 15:49:48 -0400 (EDT) From: creativa@charm.net Subject: Yiddish of Greater Baltimore Eyb ir vet zayn in Baltimore/Vashington gegnt oder nit vayt fun di shtet dem 13tn oktober, 7 azeyger in ovnt, kumt un hert. Hayntike Yidn in Amerike zayne azelkhe n'gidim, az men fargest vi shver men hot amol gehorevet, vifl blut men hot fargosn tzu shafn di yunions un azoy vayter. Di periode iz an umanerkente yerushe far undz alemen. Un mir kumen grade di mentshn di pyonern a greysn kheyv. Dos iz take eykh a tzaytike teme tzulib di valn un dem nayem yunion vos heyst UNITE. Di lider vos Shulamis vet zingen zaynen Yidishe klasiker - Triangle Fayer, Der Fodem, Grine Kuzine, un azey vayter. Ikh meyn az zi hot eykh mit zikh gedrukte materialn - verter/muzik. Ir kent zikh eykh shteln in kontakt mit di Mlotekn (Yidishn Forverts) - zey zayne di emese keners fun azelkhe inyonim. Sylvia Schildt Baltimore,MD 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 19:11:30 -0400 From: savoyid@aol.com Subject: Yiddish rhyming dictionary To respond to Alan Zaremba's question about the availability of a Yiddish rhyming dictionary, in 1931 Nokhem Stutchkov's Yidisher Gramen-Leksikon (Yiddish Rhyming Lexicon) was published. I doubt if any other Yiddish rhyming dictionary came out since then. Surprisingly, I was able to purchase a copy from the Workmen's Circle, 45 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016 (E-mail: wcfriends@aol.com) about five years ago. Perhaps they still have some copies left. It's quite good, very logically arranged and easy to use. Al Grand 5)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 12:53:34 +0300 (IDT) From: leybl@telecomm.tadiran.co.il Subject: ovnt lekoved yunge yidish shraybers a literarisher ovnt lekoved yunge yidish shraybers vet forkumen in beys leyvik, (dov hoz 30, tel aviv) dem 9tn september, azeyger 19:00 in ovnt. es veln oyftretn berl sandler, mikhl feldsenboym un lev berinski. nokh dem, a muzikalisher program. Leybl Botvinik Netanya 6)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 12:53:34 +0300 (IDT) From: leybl@telecomm.tadiran.co.il Subject: rut levin - "dos libe lidl" di zingerin rut levin vet oysfirn a monodrame in hebreyish mit di merste lider oyf yidish, untern titl "dos libe lid". dos vet forkumen mitvokh dem 11tn september 1996, in dem zal "tsavta-II" oyf ibn gvirol, rog shaul hameylekh, in tel aviv. ayntrit 35 shekel. Leybl Botvinik Netanya 7)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 13:00:39 +0200 From: stu30794@mail.uni-kiel.d400.de Subject: Song: aroys iz in Vilne I'm interested in the lyrics of the yidish song "aroys iz in Vilne". The first verse from a booklet of a CD is aroys iz in Vilne a nayer bafel, tsu brengen di yidn fun shtetlekh. gebrakht hot men ale, fun yunge biz alt, afile oykh kranke oyf betlekh. Since the last verses in the booklet are missing and I don't understand the singer well enough, I would be very thankful for any help. Thorsten Bauer ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol. 6.056 Mendele has 2 rules: 1. Provide a meaningful Subject: line 2. Sign your article (full name please) Send articles to: mendele@yalevm.cis.yale.edu Send change-of-status messages to: listserv@yalevm.cis.yale.edu a. For a temporary stop: set mendele nomail b. To resume delivery: set mendele mail c. 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