Mendele: Yiddish literature and language
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Contents of Vol. 12.016
April 24, 2003
1) The Bimah and the Bine (Miriam Isaacs)
2) 6th Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany (Marion Aptroot)
3) Rokhl Faygnberg (Sheva Zucker)
4) Lili Berger, Dora Schulner (Vivian Felsen)
5) Mikhl Gelbart (Lori Cahan-Simon)
6) de jure (Yankl Levitow)
7) New Yiddish book and CDs (Heather Valencia)
8) Intensiver zumerkurs fun yidisher shprakh un literatur (Gilles Rozier)
9) new chief archivist at YIVO (Paul (Hershl) Glasser)
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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:10:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Miriam Isaacs
Subject: The Bimah and the Bine: conference announcement
The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies
University of Maryland, College Park
The Bimah and the Bine:
Spirituality, Performance and the Jewish Stage
Sunday, May 4, 2003
0200 Skinner Hall
Session I: 10:00 AM-12:15 PM Synagogue and Ritual Space
An examination of sacred space and how it is used in traditional and
contemporary ritual.
Introduction: Miriam Isaacs, University of Maryland, Conference Organizer
The Architecture of the Bimah in American Synagogues: Observing the
Drama over Two Centuries
Lee Shai Weissbach, University of Louisville
Between Bimah and Bine: Passover Spectaculars of the American Jewish
Progressive Movements
Marion S. Jacobson, New York University
The Splendid Table: Stage and Altar in the Purimspil Tish of the
Bobover Hasidim
Shari Troy, New York
Lunch Break
Session II: 1:30PM to 3:30 PM Religious Performance on the Jewish Stage
An exploration of how the Jewish theater employed religious rituals.
Death of the Sacred in Avrom Goldfaden's "Layer of Wicks"
Alyssa P. Quint, University of Pennsylvania
>From Synagogue to Soviet Stage: Yiddish Amateur Theater in Stalinist
Russia
Anna Shternshis, University of Toronto
The Virtual Rebbe: Lubavitcher Hasidim's Use of Television
Jeffrey Shandler, Rutgers University
Coffee Break
Session III: 3:45-5:30 PM
Round Table Discussion: Ruminations on the Pulpit and the Stage
Edna Nahshon, professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary and an
authority on Yiddish theater, will make remarks on the themes of the
conference and lead discussion.
Evening Event:
The Strauss/Warshauer Duo in Concert
7:30 PM at Hillel Student Center
A concert of traditional liturgical music as well as music from the
Yiddish theater.
Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer are members of the Klezmer
Conservatory Band. They have have performed with Itzhak Perlman and
played in such diverse venues as the Amsterdam International Yiddish
Festival, the Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow, the Ashkenaz Festival
in Toronto, and the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater in New York. Deborah
Strauss(violin, accordion, and vocals) is one of the finest
practitioners of traditional Jewish violin, while Jeff Warschauer
(guitar, mandolin, vocals) is known internationally as one of the
foremost exponents of the klezmer mandolin, as an innovator in klezmer
guitar style, and as an expressive Yiddish singer.
Miriam Isaacs
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:12:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Marion Aptroot
Subject: Call for Papers: 6th Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany
6th Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany
Trier, 22-24 September 2003
The Sixth Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany will be held
September 22-24 at University of Trier. This annual Yiddish Sym-posium
is organized alternately by the Yiddish programs at the universities of
Trier and Duesseldorf and is intended to offer students and scholars
the possibility to present their research, exchange ideas and put
forward questions for discussion.
You are invited to submit abstracts for 20 min. papers until June 1,
2003. Presentations can be held in Yiddish or German.
As usual, we have decided not to devote the symposium to a single topic
in order not to exclude any of the fields of research within Yiddish
Studies. Interdisciplinary papers with a connection to Yiddish Studies
are welcome.
The symposium is open to all those interested in Yiddish Studies. There
is no conference fee. We do ask participants to register as soon as
possible at the address below.
Regularly updated information can be found under:
http://www.uni-trier.de/uni/fb2/germanistik/jidd_start.html
We are also happy to answer questions by mail, fax or e-mail.
Prof. Dr. Marion Aptroot
Institut fuer Juedische Studien
Abt. fuer Jiddische Kultur, Sprache und Literatur
Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf
Prof. Dr. Simon Neuberg
FB II / Jiddistik
Universitaet Trier
Correspondence address:
Universitaet Trier
FBII / Jiddistik
54286 Trier
fax: 0651-201-3909
e-mail: jiddisch@uni-trier.de
Marion Aptroot
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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:19:28 -0500 (EST)
From: SCZUCKER@aol.com
Subject: Rokhl Faygnberg
Tayere khaveyrim, ikh zets epes iber fun Rokhl Faygnbergn un ikh darf
oysgefinen vegn drukrekht. Tsi veyst emetser oyb zi hot lebedike
yorshim un oyb emetser hot dos drukrekht far ire verk? Ikh dank aykh
far ayer hilf. Sheva Tsuker
I am translating something by Rokhl Faygnberg and I need to find out
about copyright/ If anybody knows if RF has any living heirs or, more
specifically, who holds the copyright to her work (if anyone does) I
would be most grateful for your help.
Sheva Zucker
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:10:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Vivian Felsen
Subject: Lili Berger, Dora Schulner (Shulner)
I would like to get in touch with anyone who has researched, translated
or written about the above Yiddish writers.
Vivian Felsen
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 20:52:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Lori Cahan-Simon
Subject: Mikhl Gelbart
Khaveyrim,
I am going to be presenting a program of Mikhl Gelbart shule lider at
the 2003 IAYC conference in Baltimore this coming September 4th, and
would like to have input from those of you who may have been his
students or enjoy his songs.
Which of Gelbart's many beautiful, fun songs were your favorites? Do
you have any memories of Gelbart, any anecdotes you could share with
me?
Please reply directly to my email address and I will share the results
of this informal research.
a dank in foroys,
Lorele Cahan-Simon
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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 15:47:05 -0500 (EST)
From: "jnlvtw"
Subject: de jure
Tayere Mendelyaner,
Tsi veyst emetser oyb mir hobn in Yiddish glaykhvertike oysdrukn tsu di
English, "de jure" and "de facto?" Kh'zukh epes mit der zelbiker
"yuridisher" ("legalistic") connotatsye vi di Lateynish-shtamike
phrazes, efshar fun Halakhisher oder Talmudisher terminologye.
Kh'volt opshatsn vos iz nit forleygn -- ir kent mir entfern glaykh
durkh blitzpost, un a sheynem dank faroys. Ayer, Yankl Levitow
Dear Mendelyaner,
Does anyone know if we have equivalent expressions in Yiddish to the
English, "de jure" and "de facto?" I'm looking for something with the
same legalistic connotation as these Latin phrases, maybe something
from Halakha or Talmudic terminology. I would appreciate any
suggestions very much. You can write me directly via e-mail, and many
thanks in advance.
Jon Levitow
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 09:18:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Heather Valencia
Subject: New Yiddish book and CDs
This is to announce the publication of an exciting new resource for
students of Yiddish, fluent readers of Yiddish and people who would
like to improve their Yiddish reading skills:
Mit groys fargenign: hundert yor yidishe literatur/ With Great
Pleasure: A Century of Yiddish Writing. Compiled and edited by Heather
Valencia.
The book consists of prose pieces and a selection of poems in Yiddish
from the past hundred years, providing a mix of stimulating texts in a
variety of styles - humorous, dramatic, moving and lyrical. Writers
from the classic Yiddish canon are included as are contemporary writers
from Israel and Europe. Women writers are particularly well
represented. The texts are short (ranging from about two to about ten
pages) and each text is provided with a short introduction in English
to give the reader an idea of its contents and footnotes which appear
on the relevant page for ease of use. These notes explain Hebrew
terminology and specific idioms, give suggested translations of phrases
which may cause problems for the less experienced reader of Yiddish,
and comment on items of religious, social or historical significance.
There is a 30 page glossary, short biographical notes on the authors,
photographs of almost all the writers and suggested further reading.
The book is designed to be used by individuals, reading groups or
Yiddish courses.
Eight CDs accompany the volume, on which the stories and poems are read
by Khayele Beer, Barry Davis, Pesakh Fiszman, and Jeremy Grant. The
book and the CDs are published by the Oxford Institute for Yiddish
Studies, now part of the London Jewish Cultural Centre.
The book and eight CDs are available from: The Jewish Book Center of
the Workmen=B9s Circle, 45 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016 tel:
(1) 212-889-6800 x 285 fax: (1) 212-889-8519 email: book@circle.org
website:www.jewishbookcenter.com
Price:$38.00 plus $7.00 for domestic US purchase or plus $11.00 for
international surface shipping.
Heather Valencia, Stirling, Scotland
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Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 17:39:02 +0200
Subject: Intensiver zumerkurs fun yidisher shprakh un literatur
From: Bibliotheque Medem
Chers amis,
Vous pouvez avoir toutes les informations sur la 4e universit=E9
d'=E9t=E9 de langue et de litt=E9rature yiddish =E0 Paris sur
Yiddishweb.com, le site internet des yiddishistes de France.
L'adresse exacte est la suivante :
http://www.yiddishweb.com/Zumerkurs/index.htm
Le document est disponible en fran=E7ais, en anglais et en yiddish. Il
comporte trois parties :
- le contenu du l'universit=E9 d'=E9t=E9
- les d=E9tails concernant l'h=E9bergement pour ceux qui le n=E9cessitent
- un formulaire d=B9inscription que vous pouvez nous renvoyer par courrier,
e-mail ou fax.
Si vous rencontrez des difficult=E9s =E0 t=E9l=E9charger les documents,
contactez-nous =E0 medem@yiddishweb.com
Cordialement,
La Maison de la Culture Yiddish
Dear Friends,
You can get any information you need about the fourth Summer University
Seminar in Yiddish Language and Literature in Paris on yiddishweb.com,
the web site of French yiddishists.
The exact address is :
http://www.yiddishweb.com/Zumerkurs/index.htm
There is a French, an English and a Yiddish version of the information,
in three parts :
- all details about the Seminar
- all details about accommodation for those who need it
- a registration form you can send to us by regular mail, e-mail or fax.
If you have any difficulty in getting the information, please contact
us at medem@yiddishweb.com
Sincerely,
The Paris Yiddish Center
Tayere fraynt,
Ir kent bakumen ale protim vegn dem fertn Parizer intensivn zumerkurs
fun yidisher shprakh un literatur oyf yiddishweb.com, der vebort fun
frantseyzishe yidishistn.
Der protimdiker adres iz :
http://www.yiddishweb.com/Zumerkurs/index.htm
Dortn vet ir gefinen di informatsye in frantseyzish, english un yidish.
Zi nemt arum drey teyln :
- di program fun di zumerkursn
- ale protim vegn gefinen a voynort in Pariz
- an aynshrab-boygn vos ir kent undz shikn durkh post, blitzpost oder fax.
Oyb s'iz aykh shver tsu dergeyn tsu di-o informatsye, zayt azoy gut,
loz es undz visn oyf undzer blitspost-adres : medem@yiddishweb.com
Vareme grusn
Parizer yidish tsenter
Biblioth=E8que Medem - Maison de la Culture Yiddish
18, passage Saint-Pierre Amelot
75011 Paris=20
(M=E9tro : Oberkampf)
tel. : 01 47 00 14 00
fax : 01 47 00 14 47
Gilles Rozier
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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:44:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Glasser
Subject: new chief archivist at YIVO
Fruma Mohrer Appointed Chief Archivist at YIVO
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research announces the appointment of
Fruma Mohrer to the post of Chief Archivist. Formerly the Acting Chief
Archivist, Ms. Mohrer succeeds Marek Web, who has been appointed Senior
Research Scholar at YIVO's Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish
Studies.
Ms. Mohrer is co-author with Marek Web of the Guide to the YIVO
Archives, which won the Association of Jewish Libraries Award for the
outstanding Judaica reference work published in 1998. Her published
translations include Minutes of the Eldridge Street Synagogue,
1890-1916 (Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 1988), "The Nature of
Ghetto Prayer Services" in Lodz Ghetto (Viking Penguin, 1989), and
several autobiographies including one in YIVO's recent publication
Awakening Lives (Yale University Press, 2002).
Fruma Mohrer holds a B.A. in History and a Graduate Diploma in
Education from McGill University as well as a J.D. from New York Law
School. She is a member of the New York Bar, MARAC [Mid-Atlantic
Regional Archives Conference and ART [Archivists' Roundtable of
Metropolitan New York].
Paul (Hershl) Glasser
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