Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 1 no. 198 March 28, 1992 1) Bukh un sefer (David Sherman) 2) Ben-Ami (Joseph Galron) 3) Introduction (Zev Bar-Lev) 4) A second Ben-Ami (Dovid Braun) 5) Philologus (Zachary M. Baker) 6) Introduction (David Brenner) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 92 13:07:12 EST From: dave%lsuc.on.ca@YALEVM.YCC.Yale.Edu Subject: RE: Mendele Vol 1.195 [Moishe-Nussen says:] > and bukh/sefer (the latter referring to a religious > book; are the terms mutually exclusive, or is sefer > a subset of bukh?). > > I would say they *are* exclusive. Never would my Mum call > 'A la recherche du temps perdu' a 'sefer'. Your second sentence doesn't answer the question. Of course a secular book isn't a sefer. I asked whether sefer is a subset of bukh. In other words, if you see a chumash or gemora on the table, may you refer to it as a bukh as an alternative to calling it a sefer. So far we have one answer (from Dovid Braun, I believe), saying the answer is no. David Sherman 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 92 14:36:35 EST From: Joseph Galron Subject: Ben Ami - Mendele, no. 197 I am not sure if Ben Ami that Dan Breslauer is reffering to is the same Hayim-Mordekhai Ben-Ami that I found in the Leksikon fun der nayer Yidisher literatur, vol. 1 (1956), col. 349-350. Hayim-Mordekhai Ben-Ami, born Aug. 3, 1854, died March 11, 1932. Pseud. of Hayim-Mordekhai Rabinovich. Son of a Hasidic family. Lived in Paris and Geneva and immigrated to Erets Yisrael in 1923. Died in Tel-Aviv. Published several books in Yiddish and Hebrew. jgalron@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Internet) 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 92 11:55:59 -0800 From: zbarlev@sciences.sdsu.edu Subject: Introduction Zev Bar-Lev, linguist, mostly engaged now in a multi-language project. My main teaching language is Hebrew (I designed and teach/administer an 8-course program at San Diego State U.), but I also have designed and teach multi-language courses, offering inter alia Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Greek, Russian, Italian, and a bunch of other languages -- including of course Yiddish. When I have room in my schedule, I also teach Jewish heritage at SDSU. Zev Bar-Lev 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 92 15:27:32 EST From: David Braun Subject: nokh entfers To Dan Breslauer: I think Ben-Ami is Yankev Ben-Ami, Yiddish director and playwright. Check the _leksikon fun der nayer yidisher literatur_ or the Yiddish theater lexicon for more info. (Is the latter called: _leksikon funem yidishn teater_? Don't have reference on hand.) ----- My grandfather tells me of a WWII army-mate of his, a native Yiddish-speaker, who was a polyglot of the type "I know seven languages and Henglish the best." (This joke my father tells.) Not to expose himself as (but a lowly) Yiddish-speaker, he would tell people "ikh shprekh dautsh". Dautsh! Dovid Braun 5)---------------------------------------------------- Date: March 27, 1992 (Erev shabes, and I mean EREV) From: Zachary Baker Subject: "Philologus" column in the English FORWARD Who IS this guy, anyway? Is his identity known? Does it matter? Anyone with conclusive evidence, please step forward (sorry, couldn't resist). Zachary M. Baker, YIVO Library 6)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1992 18:10 CST From: glaa303@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu Subject: brief introductory statement I, David Brenner, am currently completing my Ph.D. in Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. (cut here if necessary) My doctoral dissertation is a study of Jewish identity and assimilation in the German-language Jewish cultural journal, Ost und West. The journal published many contributions from Eastern Jewish writers and on Eastern Jewish topics as well as many translations from Yiddish. I welcome comments from anyone who knows anything regarding the specific journal and its producers/contributors as well as regarding journal and periodical history in general. David Brenner ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol 1.198 As of 3/25/92 Mendele is distributed via Listserv. In order to minimize confusion, please play by these rules: If you wish to send something to Mendele's readers, write to: mendele@trincc or mendele@vax1.trincoll.edu If you have technical problems or simply want to have a private shmuess with the shames, write to: nmiller@trincc or nmiller@vax1.trincoll.edu And please sign your articles.