Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 08.133 March 15, 1999 1) Sholem Aleichem Seminar (David G. Roskies) 2) Yiddish Symposium in Germany (Marion Aptroot) 3) MLA meeting (Merle Bachman) 4) "Mille ans de cultures ashkenazes" (Zachary Baker) 5) YIVO Yiddish Summer Program Alumni Newsletter (Yankl Salant) 6) konkordantsie far _vi kumt di kats ibern vaser?_ (Barry Goldstein) 7) nayster numer Yugntruf (Sholem Berger) 8) Sholom Aleichem Bulletin Board (Robert Waife) 9) iberzetsungn un frantseyzish (Benyomin Moss) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 07:04:28 -0500 (EST) From: daroskies@JTSA.EDU Subject: Sholem Aleichem Seminar The Editorial Board of the Sholom Aleichem Library in English Translation (a project of the Sholom Aleichem Memorial Foundation, Inc.) is pleased to announce a one-day seminar on the works of Sholem Aleichem. The seminar will be held on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on Saturday April 10, 1999 from 2:00-7:30 pm. The day will be devoted to master classes on TEVYE, MENAKHEM-MENDL, DI AYZNBAN-GESHIKHTES, and MONOLOGN, followed by a Shalesudes-and-kumzits. The seminar is by invitation only and is open to students, teachers, and translators of Sholem Aleichem's oeuvre. For more information, please write to the Sholom Aleichem Memorial Foundation, 18 East 16th Street, Suite 303, New York, NY 10003, sned a fax to 212-929-9851, or leave a message at 212-929-9850. David G. Roskies New York, N.Y. 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 05:55:51 -0500 (EST) From: aptroot@phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de (Marion Aptroot) Subject: Yiddish Symposium in Germany Second Annual Symposium in Yiddish Studies in Germany 5-6 October 1999 The second Annual Symposium in Yiddish Studies in Germany will take place at the University of Trier on 5-6 October 1999. The yearly symposium for students and scholars of Yiddish is organized by the Chairs of Yiddish Studies at the universities of Trier and Duesseldorf to create an opportunity for those interested in Yiddish to meet and to exchange ideas. The symposium takes place alternately in Duesseldorf and Trier. Students and scholars of Yiddish Studies are invited to attend and to take part in the symposium. Those who would like to present a paper (in Yiddish or German), are requested to submit an abstract to the organisers of the symposium. Regularly updated information on the symposium can be found on the internet (http://www.uni-trier.de/uni/fb2/germanistik/ or http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/jiddisch/). Questions will be answered by mail, fax and e-mail. Erika Timm (Professor of Yiddish Studies) FB II - Jiddistik Universitaet Trier Universitaetsring 15 54286 Trier Germany fax: 0651-201-3909 e-mail: bielawski@uni-trier.de Marion Aptroot (Professor of Yiddish Studies) Abt. fuer Jiddische Kultur, Sprache und Literatur Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf Universitaetsstr. 1 / Geb. 23.03 40225 Duesseldorf Germany fax: 0211-81-12027 e-mail: jiddisch@phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de Marion Aptroot 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:17:30 -0500 (EST) From: Batshira@aol.com Subject: MLA meeting For a Special Session panel proposed for the 1999 Modern Language Association meeting in Chicago, IL December 27 - 30, 1999 Panel topic: "Encounters with 'the Other' in American Yiddish Literature" Papers should explore how Yiddish writers in America portray characters from other racial/ethnic groups and might address the following questions: What are some of the common patterns/strategies of representation? To what ends are these figures represented? How do these representations affect definitions of Jewish difference? What does the literary treatment of their perceptions of other cultures reveal about the writers themselves? about the status of Jews in American society as a whole? and so on. Please submit a one-to-two page abstract or prposal and a one-page CV by March 15 to Merle Bachman at batshira@aol.com. Panel Chairs: Merle Bachman University at Albany, SUNY batshira@aol.com Alisa Braun University of Michigan sabraun@umich.edu Merle Bachman 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:38:54 -0500 (EST) From: Zachary Baker Subject: "Mille ans de cultures ashkenazes" Mendelyaner might be interested to learn of the following newly published book, in French: Mille ans de cultures ashkenazes: ouvrage dirige par Jean Baumgarten, Rachel Ertel, Itzhok Niborski, Annette Wieviorka. Paris: Liana Levi, 1998. 658 p., map. ISBN 2-86746-197-9 190 F (approximately $35) [Please insert accents in the appropriate locations.] Not surprisingly, given the composition of the editorial board Yiddish is accorded a very prominent place in this anthology. Section V ("Langues, lettres et arts": pp. 415-563) is devoted primarily to Yiddish language, literature, and culture. This section contains 18 chapters, with contributions by Chava Turniansky, Joshua A. Fishman, Astrid Starck, Jean Baumgarten, Itzhok Niborski, Vera Solomon, Carole Ksazenicer-Matheron, Avrom Novershtern, Chone Shmeruk, David G. Roskies, Rosie Pinhas-Delpuech, Regine Robin, Antoine Spire, Frank Alvarez-Pereyre, Seth Wolitz, Nahma Sandrow, Lilly Scherr. I have only skimmed the volume, but it appears to be a most impressive synthesis. Zachary M. Baker New York, NY 5)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:16:00 -0500 (EST) From: YIVOSummer@aol.com Subject: YIVO Yiddish Summer Program Alumni Newsletter CALLING ALL ALUMNI OF THE YIVO YIDDISH SUMMER PROGRAM!!! It's finally going to happen! An alumni newsletter: "Zumer in nyu-york!" Finally, a network for Zumer-Programnikes. The first order of business: Updating our mailing lists. If you are an alumnus/a of the Uriel Weinreich Yiddish Summer Program OR are in contact with any alumni, please let us know your (their) current information including name, address, phone/fax numbers and e-mail address. Even if you are already on YIVO's mailing list, we still need to know if you belong on the alumni list. Contact Yankl Salant at YIVO, preferably by e-mail: YIVOsummer@AOL.COM; otherwise: phone 212-246-6080, ext. 6138, fax 212-292-1892, or snail-mail Yankl Salant, YIVO Institute, 15 W. 16th St., New York, NY 10011. ZAYT VISN! GEVEZENE TALMIDIM FUN DER YIDISH-ZUMER-PROGRAM!!! sof-kol-sof vet es zayn! a buletin far gevezene talmidim fun der yidish- zumer-program! sof-kol-sof a nets far zumer-programnikes. der ershter inyen: dos derhayntikn di adresn-reshimes. oyb ir zayt a gevezener student fun der yidish-zumer program oyfn nomen uriel vaynraykh, oder ir zayt in kontakt mit gevezene studentn fun program, zayt azoy gut un lozt undz visn ayer (zeyer) hayntike kontakt-informatsye, arayngerekhnt nomen, adres, telefon- un telekopye-numern un blitspost-adres. afile ven ir zayt shoyn in undzer adresn-reshime in yivo darfn mir say vi visn tsi me darf aykh araynnemen in der bazunderer buletin-reshime. tsum bestn shraybt a blitspostl yankl salantn: yivosummer@aol.com anisht kent ir im dergreykhn durkhn telefon 212-246-6080, ekst' 6138; telekopye 212-292-1892; oder post Yankl Salant, YIVO Institute, 15 W. 16th St., New York, NY 10011. Yankl Salant 6)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 12:26:32 -0500 (EST) From: Barry Goldstein Subject: konkordantsie far _vi kumt di kats ibern vaser?_ I have finally finished wrestling with Qtext and gotten the concordance to Yosef Guri's book _vi kumt di kats ibern vaser?_ in reasonably presentable form. Anyone wishing a copy can have it for the postage: 5.2 ounces costs $1.43 within the U.S. (stamps are preferred, money a second choice); overseas is trickier, unless you have access to U.S. stamps or currency; we can work something out. Barry Goldstein Newtonville, MA 7)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:49:59 -0500 (EST) From: Sholem Berger Subject: nayster numer Yugntruf (tsum vebzaytl) Der nayster [shtark farshpetikter] numer "Yugntruf" (89-90, oygust-detsember 1998) iz nor vos aroys fun druk. In dem numer: Vegn Mordkhe Shtrigler o"h (editorial) Anonym/ Solidago Virgo Aurea (lid) Yirmiahyu Arn Taub/ Ershte simonem; Figur anidergefalene (lider) Kolya Borodulin/ Birobidzhan haynt Shmuel Naydorf/ Vaser-lebn (lider) Leyb Bratover/ V|eyneyno (dertseylung) Hershl Glezer/ "An emese eyshes-khayel" Sukes-poemes (lider) Leye Robinson/ Vinterlikht (dertseylung) Sholem Berger/ lider Sore-Rukhl Shekhter/ Der onheyb fun der moderner ortodoksye in amerike Bikurem: Andrey Bredshteyn/ A nankiner mayse Lora Kepl/ Dutsn un irtsn P.K./ "Halevay volt ikh geven..." Sholem Berger/ Yugntruf darf zikh in gantsn iberandershn (artikl) A nay kinderbikhl; Di grine katshke In der bavegung Me shraybt undz Bayshtayerers 1996-1997 Nokh abonementn un eyntslne numern zikh vendn tsu Yugntruf/ 200 West 72nd St Suite 40/ New York NY 10023-2824, (212) 787-6675; yugntruf@yugntruf.org; www.yugntruf.org. Mitglid-gelt: $18/yor; kanade un meksike $20; mekhuts tsofn-amerike $22; studentn umetum $10. The newest (much delayed) issue of "Yugntruf" (89-90, August-December 1998) is now available. In this issue: The Late Mordechai Strigler (editorial) Anonymous/ Solidago Virgo Aurea (poem) Ahron Taub/ First Signs; Fallen Figure (poems) Nikolai Borodulin/ Birobidzhan Today Shmoyl Nydorf/ Water Life (poems) Leyb Bratover/ Nowhere to be Found (story) Hershl Glasser/ "A Real Woman of Valor" Sukes Poems Leye Robinson/ Winter Light (story) Sholem Berger/ poems Rukhl Schaechter/ Beginnings of Modern Orthodoxy (article) First Fruits: Andrey Bredshteyn/ A Story in Nanking Laura Koeppel/ Using Tu and Vous P.K./ "If Only" (story) Sholem Berger/ Yugntruf Must Change Completely (article) A New Children's Book; The Green Duck Yugntruf News Letters to the Editor Our Contributors 1996-1997 For subscriptions and single issues contact Yugntruf, 200 West 72nd St Suite 40, NYC NY 10023-2824, (212) 787-6675, yugntruf@yugntruf.org, www.yugntruf.org. Membership $18/year, $20 Canada and Mexico, $22 outside North America, $10 for students anywhere. Sholem Berger 8)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 13:38:10 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Waife Subject: Sholom Aleichem Bulletin Board The Web Site www.sholom-aleichem.org is establishing a Bulletin Board and Forums section (http://www.sholom-aleichem.org/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi). All are welcome to participate and suggest how it can serve the community of Yiddishkiet and readers of Sholom Aleichem. The first listing in the category "Open Discussion" has the following: Tevye, one of Sholom Aleichem's most beloved characters, has been translated into English numerous times. However in all of these translations he is refereed to as "Tevye the Dairyman." Sholom Aleichem's daughter, Maroussia (Marie Waife-Goldberg) writes in her book, "My Father, Sholom Aleichem": "....and my father gave him the Yiddish nickname "Der Milkhiger", which means The Milky One, not "dairyman", as it is often rendered in English. (For dairyman there is a trade work, "pakhter, also "milkman." Milkhiger, milky, has a humorous connotation, but friendly and affectionately bantering.)" Any comments? Robert Waife 9)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:31:38 -0500 (EST) From: Ken Moss Subject: iberzetsungn un frantseyzish Tayere Mendelyaner, Mayne a bakante a lingvistke un kultur-historikerin vos farinteresirt zikh in Ladino/Dzhudezmo un ire batsiungn mit andere shprakhn inem sefardishn kultur-baraykh farnemt zikh itst mit der role fun iberzetsungn un adaptatsies fun frantseyzish in ladino/dzhudezmo. Zi vil visn oykhet a bisl vegn dem zelbikn inyen -- d'h frantseyzish vi a kultur-tregerishe shprakh -- in shaykhes mit yidish. Tsi iz do a heyfl forsharbetn af yidish, rusish, english, hebreish, frantseyzish, tsi daytsh velkhe bahandlen der frage fun di farbindungn tsvishn yidish un frantseyzish in der moderner yidisher literatur (spetsiel der masn-literatur/populer-literatur)? Shoyn klor far zikh az say daytsh say rusish hobn gedint vi kvaln far iberzetsungn un adaptatsies in yidish, nor veyst men tsi frantseyzish hot a mol in gevise kontekstn funktsionirt vi a formitl durkh velkhn s'zenen arayn in der yidisher literatur in mizrah-eyrope andere tekstn un ideyen? A linguist and cultural historian friend of mine who is interested in Ladino-Dzhudezmo and its relations with other languages in the Sephardic cultural sphere is currently working on the role of translations and adaptations from French into Ladino-Dzhudezmo. She would also like to know a bit about the same issue -- that is, French as a language of cultural transmission -- in relation to Yiddish. Is there any research in Yiddish, Russian, English, Hebrew, French, or German which deals the question of relations between Yiddish and French modern Yiddish literature (especially popular literature)? Obviously, both German and Russian served as sources for translations and adaptations in Yiddish; does anyone know whether French served in particular contexts as a vehicle for foreign texts and ideas in East European Yiddish literature? a hartsikn dank in faroys, Benyomin Moss ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol. 08.133 Address for the postings to Mendele: mendele@lists.yale.edu Address for the list commands: listproc@lists.yale.edu Mendele on the Web: http://www2.trincoll.edu/~mendele http://metalab.unc.edu/yiddish/mendele.html