Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 7.038 July 9, 1997 1) Professor Chone Shmeruk's funeral in Warsaw (Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska) 2) Chone Shmeruk (Gitl Dubrovsky) 3) Chone Shmeruk - Selected Bibliography (Iosif Vaisman) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 14:58:52 +0100 From: "Monika Garbowska" Subject: Professor Chone Shmeruk's funeral in Warsaw The Yiddish world already knows the sad news about Professor Chone Shmeruk's death. The funeral took place on Tuesday, July 8th, at 1 p.m. in the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw. It was attended by Professor Shmeruk's family from Israel and Poland as well as by many of his friends, coworkers and students from Poland and abroad. It is worth remembering that Professor Shmeruk received the State of Israel Prize in 1996. In the same year he received the Krzyz Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, one of the highest insignias awarded to people whose services to Poland and Polish culture are particulary outstanding. At the funeral both awards were symbolically displayed and the ambassador of Israel in Poland and a representative of the Polish president spoke about Chone Shmeruk's contribution to Jewish and Polish culture. Eulogies were also given by his close friends: Marek Edelman, the last living insurgent from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and Jozef Hen, a well-known Polish Jewish writer, and by others. Professor Shmeruk was honoured by the Polish government through the attendance of a large honorary guard of the Polish Armed Forces including a military orchestra. The honorary guard fired three volleys in the air as the coffin was lowered in the grave. Rabbi Joskowicz, the chief rabbi of Poland spoke about the deceased and said Kaddish. The grave was covered with wreaths and bouquets of flowers and symbolic stones brought from Israel. Up until his stroke of last year Professor Shmeruk was an extremely energetic man, and his sharp mind remained with him until the end. He parted when he had so much left to offer. He will remain in the memory of those who loved and respected him and his work will be continued by those who owe him so much. Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska Lublin, Poland 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 14:36:14 -0400 (EDT) From: GDubrovsky@aol.com Subject: Chone Shmeruk Such sad news about Chone Shmeruk. I had the pleasure of being one of his students at a seminar in Yiddish literature which he gave at the Columbia/Max Weinreich program. It was held at the YIVO Institute circa 1970. He was a wonderful teacher, a warm human being, and a most considerate man. It was he who first directed me to the profound influence of Walt Whitman on the poetry of I. J. Schwartz; he also introduced me to a remarkable literary Yiddish journal JUGEND, of which only three issues were published. Nevertheless, it expresses the quintessential creative power of 'di yunge.' As that publication remains with me, so does the memory of Chone Shmeruk, whose gift for teaching and love of Yiddish benefited and enriched my life. May his memory be a blessing for generations to come. Gitl Dubrovsky 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 11:57:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Iosif Vaisman Subject: Chone Shmeruk (1921-1997). Selected Bibliography. Books by Chone Shmeruk Kavim shel haye ha-hevrah ha-Yehudit ba-meah ha-19 al pi sifrutah : homer keriah le-targil be-toldot Yisrael ba-zeman he-hadash. Jerusalem : ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit, 1957. Shirim historiyim min ha-meah ha-sheva esreh : homer keriah le-targil. Yerushalaym : ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit, 1960. ha-Kibuts ha Yehudi veha-hityashvut ha-haklait ha-Yehudit vi- Bilorusiyah ha-Sovietit. Yerushalayim, 1961. Peretses yiesh-vizye : interpretatsie fun Y.L. Peretses Bay nakht oyfn altn mark un kritishe oysgabe fun der drame / New York : Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut, 1971. Tarbut Yehudit bi-Verit ha-Moatsot / Jerusalem : ha-Makhon le-Yahadut zemanenu, Mador Shprintsak, ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit, 1973. Di Altyidishe literatur : ire onheybn un primere kontaktn ... / Nyu-York : Aroysgegebn fun Alveltlekhn Yidishn kultur-kongres, 1976. Sifrut yidish : perakim le-toldoteha / [Tel-Aviv] : Mifalim universitaiyim, 1978. Shalom-Alekhem, madrikh le-hayav veli-yetsirato / [Tel Aviv] : ha-Kibuts ha-meuhad, 1980. Guide to Yiddish classics on microfiche / New York : Clearwater Publishing Company, 1980. Sifrut Yidish be-Polin : mehkarim ve-iyunim historiyim. Jerusalem : Hotsaat sefarim al shem Y. L. Magnes, ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit, 1981. The Esterke story in Yiddish and Polish literature : a case study in the mutual relations of two cultural traditions / Jerusalem : Zalman Shazar Center for the Study of Jewish History, 1985. ha-Iyurim le-sifre Yidish ba-meot ha-16 - ha-17 : ha-tekstim, ha-temunot ve-nimanehem / Yerushalayim : Akademon, 1986. Prokim fun der Yidisher literatur-geshikhte / Tel-Aviv, Yerusholaim : Farlag Y.L. Perets ; Yidish-opteylung, 1988. Historia literatury jidysz : zarys / Wroclaw : Zaklad Narodowy im. Ossolinskich, 1992. ================== Books edited, translated, containing chapters, or with introductions by Chone Shmeruk Mavo le-sifrut Yidish bi-Verit ha-Moetsot : homer keriah le-shiur ule-targil. Yerushalayim : ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim, 1957. Jewish literature in the Soviet Union during and following the Holocaust period. / Jerusalem, 1960. Sifrut Yehude Berit-ha-Moatsot bi-yemot ha-Shoah ve-aharehah / Yerushalayim: [Yad va-shem], (bi-defus Gerusalem Post), 1960. Taussk, Jacob. Eyn shoyn naye lid fun meshieh / Yerusholayim : Ha-universitah ha-ivrit, ha-hug le-sifrut Yidish, 1961. Heln, Elhanan ben Abraham Fl. Megilat Vints : li-keri'ah ba-targil shel H. Shmeruk / Jerusalem : ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit, 1962. A shpigl oyf a shteyn : antologye : poezye un proze fun tsvelf farshnitene yidishe shraybers in Ratn-Farband / Tel-Aviv : Farlag Di goldene keyt ; Farlag Y.L. Perets, 1964. Manger, Itzik. Medresh Itsik / Yerushalayim : ha-Universita ha-Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim / ha-Hug le-Sifrut Yidish, 1969. The Jews in Soviet Russia since 1917 / London, New York : Oxford University Press for the Institute of Jewish Affairs, 1972. Evrei v Sovetskoi Rossii: (1917-1967) / Ierusalim : Biblioteka "Aliia", 1975. Sholem, Aleichem. Ketavim Ivriyim / Yerushalayim : Mosad Byalik, 1976. Sefer Dov Sadan : kovets mehkarim, mugshim be-milat lo shivim ve-hamesh shanah / Tel-Aviv : ha-Kibuts ha-meuhad, 1977. Greenberg, Uri Zvi. Gezamlte verk / Yerushalayim : Magnes, ha-Universitah ha-ivrit, 1979. Mahazot mikraiyim be-Yidish, 1697-1750 / Yerushalayim : ha-Akademyah ha-leumit ha-yisreelit le-madaim, 1979. Jiddisch : Beitrage zur Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft / Berlin : E. Schmidt, 1981. Manger, Itzik. Medresh Itsik / Yerushalayim : Magnes, ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit, 1984. Selavan, Ida Cohen. Shorter notices / Cincinnati : Library of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 1984. Rabon, Israel. Di gas / Yerusholayim : Hebreisher universitet in Yerusholayim, Yidish-optaylung : Hotsaat sefarim a. sh. Y.L. Magnes, ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit, 1986. Rabon, Israel. ha-Rehov / Yerushalayim : Hotsaat ha-Kibuts ha-meuhad ; Keter ; ha-Moatsah ha-tsiburit le-tarbut ule-omanut, 1986. A Shpigl oyf a shteyn : antologye : poezye un proze fun tsvelf farshnitene Yidishe shraybers in Ratn-Farband / Yerushalayim : Hotsaat sefarim a. sh. Y.L. Magnes, ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit, 1987. Iyunim be-sifrut : devarim she-neemru be-erev li-khevod Dov Sadan bi-melot lo shemonim ve-hamesh shanah / Yerushalayim : ha-Akademyah ha-leumit ha-Yisreelit le-madaim, 1987. Kovets mehkarim al Yehude Polin : sefer le-zikhro shel Paul Glikson / Yerushalayim : ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim : Hafatsah, Merkaz Zalman Shazar le-toldot Yisrael, 1987. The Penguin book of modern Yiddish verse / London : Viking, 1987. The Jews of Poland between two world wars / Hanover, NH : Published for Brandeis University Press by University Press of New England, 1989. Rabon, Israel. Ulica / Wroclaw : Wydawn. Dolnoslaskie, 1991 Jewish culture and identity in the Soviet Union / New York : New York University Press, 1991. The Jews in Warsaw : a history / Oxford; Cambridge, Mass. : B. Blackwell in association with the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies, Oxford, 1991. The Jews in old Poland, 1000-1795 / London ; New York : Oxford : I.B. Tauris ; Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies, 1993. Ke-minhag Ashkenaz u-Polin : sefer yovel le-Hana Shmeruk : kovets mehkarim be-tarbut Yehudit / Jerusalem : Merkaz Zalman Shazar le-toldot Yisrael, 1993. Di Yidishe literatur in nayntsetn yorhundert : zamlung fun Yidisher literatur-forshung un kritik in Ratn-Farband / Yerushalayim : Hotsaat sefarim a. sh. Y.L. Magnes, ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit, 1993. Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Felietony, eseje, wywiady / Warszawa : Sagittarius, 1993. Tuwim, Julian. Anu, Yehude Polin -- Mir, Poylishe Yidn / Varshah : Amutah Amerikait Polanit Yisreelit "Shalom", 1993. Tsadikim ve-anshe maaseh : mehkarim ba-Hasidut Polin / Yerushalayim : Mosad Byalik : ha-Merkaz le-heker toldot Yehude Polin ve- tarbutam, ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim, 1994. Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Mayn tatns beys-din shtub : (hemsheykhim zamlung) / Yerushalayim : Hotsaat sefarim a. sh. Magnes, ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit, 1996. Levita, Elijah. Pariz un. Vyenah : mahadurah bikortit be-tseruf mavo, hearot ve-nispahim / Yerushalayim : ha-Akademyah ha-leumit ha-Yisreelit le-madaim, 1996. ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol. 7.038