Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 1 no. 233 April 30, 1992 1) Yidlish (Zev Hochberg) 2) Introduction revisited (Cal Pryluck) 3) Yontef in golus/Bialik (Dan Breslauer) 4) Yiddish computing (Moishe-Nussn Eytan) 5) Yiddish computing (Dovid Braun) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1992 21:58 EST From: Zev Hochberg Subject: Yidlish Meyn froynd Ita Rina says that growing up, she thought _flatus_ was Yiddish! Zev Hochberg 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 92 20:34:04 EDT From: Cal Subject: introduction elaborated Mikhl Herzog asks about Camp Naivelt and Shloyme Axelrod remembers singing the "Internationale" in Yiddish. These are connected; I also sang the anthem in Yiddish at Camp Naivelt, which was near Newburg, New York. We, too, raised clenched fists during the chorus. I have no clear memory that the camp had official organizational connections. My better memory is that the camp director, Yacob Levine, taught Yiddish school during the year. Camp Kindervelt the site of my early rebellions against authority was sponsored by the Workman Circle. There was an adult camp, Unser Camp, adjacent. It was there for the only time I remember that I saw my father play a ball game, soccer, I think. About Mikhl's other question: It is unlikely that I am related to Noyekh Prilucki. My father was born in Brisk (i.e., Brest-Litovsk), the youngest of twenty children. My grandfather inherited some money which he devoted to public service; my father used to tell of working in a grocery store as a ten-year-old-or-so in Warsaw, making tea from the sweepings. More to the point, Pryluck, Prylucki, and its variant spellings was not an unusual name in pre-war Poland. As an adult, rummaging in the library, I found listings of six or eight Prylucki (including at least one Pryluck) in reference volumes of prominent Jews. There is/was a town in the Pale by the name of Priluk (or so I am told, I never found it on a map). One more perhaps related point about my name: in the United States people have trouble with my name. They can look at it and wonder how it is pronounced, although there is a clear English parallel "pry" "luck." Only people from Eastern Europe pronounce it in the old way: "Priluk." My wife and I spent a couple of weeks in Poland in 1984 as I lectured in several cities. No one had any problem with the name. In fact, they understood the two possibilities and often asked which pronounciations I preferred. I tell this longer story than anyone really wants to hear to support my conclusion that Noyekh Prylucki was not a relative. Cal Pryluck (ne Cive Priluk) 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1992 07:12 CST From: Dan Breslauer Subject: RE: Mendele Vol 1.231 As for "cultural sensitivity"--the city of Lawrence and the University have been scheduling a "cultural fair" for several years now that includes foods, arts and crafts, etc. Usually it is held on a Saturday evening. This year, however, not only was it held *during* Pesah but during the *afternoon* on the Saturday that was the first day of Pesah! I tend to accept these situations as the perils of living in Golus. For those working on Chagall: Do you know his connection with Hayyim Nachman Bialik? Before Bialik made Aliya to Israel Chagall was sketching him for a portrait. Bialik, however, decided to mark the change in his life by shaving his mustache. Discovering this Chagall refused to go on with the portrait. Later the two met once again and had a very friendly relationship. Dan Breslauer 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 92 14:55:30 +0100 From: me@SUZUKA.U-STRASBG.FR Subject: RE: Mendele Vol 1.232 [Regarding Zev Bar-Lev's rquest:] There is a heap of things just out on the list 'e-hug' (paricularly about Hebrew Nissus), but it's copyrighted and I don't want to clutter the list. You may subscribe individually by sending the one-line message 'subscribe e-hug' to LISTSERV@DARTCMS1.DARTMOUTH.EDU/BITNET, *no* subject. Moishe-Nussn Eytan 5)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 92 12:38:30 -0400 From: David Braun Subject: kompyuteray af yidish (Yiddish computing) Z Bar-Lev, Nisus is the best thing, although it isn't fully a desktop publishing program, but almost. It's expensive and not copyable. Their support system is very good. I use the program (and the one you'd need, naturally, is "Hebrew Nisus") . Write me a personal note and I'll give you more info. Yiddish fonts have been made for the program (i.e., the diacritics neceassary for Yiddish spelling and the nekudes for Hebrew are available). Zayt gezunt. Dovid Braun ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol 1.233 Submissions: mendele@vax1.trincoll.edu Business: nmiller@vax1.trincoll.edu Please sign your articles.