Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 2 no. 185 April 27, 1993 1) Dictionaries (Bob Rothstein) 2) Introduction (Joel Kurtz) 3) Yiddish theater/show/camp? (Rifka Igel) 4) Skirt (David Sherman) 5) Skirt (Leo Goldstein) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon Apr 26 10:23:18 1993 From: ROBERT A ROTHSTEIN Subject: Dictionaries Here is some information about dictionaries of the Semitic component in Yiddish. 1. Yehoash and Dr. Khaim Spivak (S. Bloomgarden and Dr. C. D. Spivak), Yidish verterbukh. New York: Veker, 1926. 340 pp. 2. Nakhman Krupin, Hantbukh fur hebreizmen in der yidisher shprakh. Buenos Aires: IKUF, 1957. 256 pp. 3. Yankev Levin, Verterbikhl fun hebreish-yidishe verter. New York: Cyco Froyen Centrale [their transliteration], 1958. 103 pp. The Yehoash-Spivak dictionary is the most useful. Despite its title it is a dictionary of semiticisms, not a general Yiddish dictionary. Almost half of Krupin's dictionary is taken up with a separate listing of examples from literature. The late Wolf Younin also published a "Kurtser verterbukh fun hebreishe verter in yidish" in installments in the _Forverts_ in 1978. He was apparently planning to publish it in book form with additional notes and bibliography. I wonder whether he had a literary executor and whether someone might be interested in reviving his publication plans. Bob Rothstein 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon Apr 26 17:09:00 1993 From: kurtzj@gov.on.ca (Joel Kurtz) Subject: Introduction To: mendele@dot.cs.trincoll.edu X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Nu. so what should I say besides: Ich bin a yid. I am an engineer/physicist who now does policy work for the Ministry of ENvironnment and Energy in the province of Ontario. And I am a graduate of the Midrasha L'Morim in TOronto (which along with fifty cents won't even get me a cup of coffee anymore). I have a great love for Yiddish humour instilled in me by me grandfather and I know what's green, hangs on the wall, and whistles, as well as the difference between Minsk and Pinsk. SO do I get in? Joel 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 17:23 EDT From: Regina_IGEL@umail.umd.edu (ri1) Subject: Yiddish theater/show/camp? Hi Mane liebe mentche! -- My parents are coming from Brazil for a visit, and I would like to take them to see a play, or a show, or even to spend sometime in a camp (something like the KlezKamp of YIVO which I loved, last Chanukah). Does anybody know anything about something going on in the East Coast? I live close to Washington DC and would not mind travelling somewhere with them for a few days. They will with me from Memorial Weekend to the end of June. My Mom and Dad are vibrant seventies and eighties. THey are really well for their ages and love people, going places, etc., Baruch Ashem. Thank you in advance for any recommendation, address, phone # which I might contact for reservation, informations, etc. Far Simches und Naches! Rifka Igel 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon Apr 26 22:11:05 1993 From: dave@cai.lsuc.on.ca (David Sherman) Subject: Skirt (noun) When we first got married, my wife (who is the native Yiddish speaker in our family) swore up & down that the Yiddish word was "skoyt". I finally convinced her otherwise, and we settled on "rok" (which seems to be what her parents use, but I haven't checked lately). It's identical to the modern German "Rock". David Sherman 5)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue Apr 27 09:09:59 1993 From: Leo Goldstein Subject: Skirt (noun) In response to Annette Safer question, the yiddish word for skirt would be ASPUDNICHE, and I think it's from polish origin. Leo Goldstein ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol 2.185