Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 3.105 September 15, 1993 1) Yarmlke (Meylekh Viswanath) 2) Various (Mikhl Herzog) 3) Yontef on Rosh Hashono (Amitai Halevi) 4) Lecture announcement (Khaim Bochner) 5) Introduction (Thomas Leverett) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue Sep 14 12:48:37 1993 From: Meylekh Viswanath (viswanath@draco.rutgers.edu) Subject: yarmlke Shleyme Axelrod writes: Agev, fun velkher shprakh shtamt dos vort? Dakht zikh az slavish? Dr. Schaechter wrote on this subject in a not so recent issue of der Pakn Treger put out by the National Yiddish Book Center. He mentions that it is from Turkish (I don't remember if he qualified that with most probably or any such modifier). A khsive un a khsime toyve tsu alemen. Meylekh. 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 93 17:30 EDT From: ZOGUR@CUVMB.Columbia.edu Subject: Various 1. Yiddish "shmues", English "shmooze" from Hebrew "shmuoth". 2. German "Mauscheln", indeed derogatory, is derived from "Mausche", a variant Western Yiddish pronunciation of "Moyshe". 3. "Yarmlke" (as against "Polish Yiddish" "kapl") is ultimately derived from Turkish--something like "yagmurlak". A gut un gezunt yor aykh alemen. Mikhl Herzog 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue Sep 14 17:47:50 1993 From: Amitai Halevi Subject: Yontef on Rosh Hashono I am obliged to submit a corrective to my previous message on "yom tov" for "holiday" in modern Hebrew usage. I said there that the term has fallen into disuse. I based the statement on the fact that because it has been superseded by "hag": The standard greeting here on ordinary holidays (not the Days of Awe) is "Hag sameach", literally "Happy holiday". However, this morning, in a one minute spot on Israel Radio devoted to "proper Hebrew usage", we were told that the first and second days of the New Year should not be referred to as "Aleph-" and "beth d'Rosh Hashana" (anti-Aramaic bias ?) but as "Yom tov Rishon-" and "Yom tov sheni shel Rosh Hashanah". Go figure!! Since saying "Gut yontev" on Rosh Hashono is kosher according to modern Israeli doctrine: Gut yontev - everyone. Nevertheless, until the soi-disant "authorities" on Israel Radio instruct me otherwise, I stand by my opinion that this greeting would be inappropriate on Yom Kippur. Amitai Halevi 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue Sep 14 21:56:44 1993 From: bochner@das.harvard.edu Subject: Lecture announcement (Boston) Ikh'l nisht kenen zayn oyf der lektsiye, iz lomikh khotsh farshpreytn di informatsiyes: Khane Kliger vet haltn a rede oyf yidish baym Arbeter-Ring in Boston, oyf der teme: "Tsvishn tsvey veltn: Landsmanshaftn in Amerike" Zuntik, dem 26tn September, 2:00, 1762 Beacon St., Brookline MA. Un dervayl: Leshone Toyve alemen! -- Khaim 5)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed Sep 15 09:52:27 1993 From: thomas leverett Subject: Introduction Allow me to introduce myself. I am an ESL teacher in Pittsburg KS. My wife is a teacher at our local temple (Joplin MO) and takes care of our two boys. I am applying for teaching positions in Israel & hoping to go there in May or Aug. '94; also hoping to find a way to defray the expenses (4-6000) of getting there. I'd appreciate any leads or help with this. Having said that, I am also interested in Yiddish: who's using it, how much, etc. I have linguistics training and know some German but understand about half of what I hear in my in-laws' house. My wife's grandparents, by the way, came from a town called Mottele in Belorus. Good to meet you all, Peace, l'shanah tova Tom Leverett, IEP, Mitchell Hall, Pittsburg State University Pittsburg KS 66762 USA leverett @ ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol. 3.105 ............................................................ : mendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemn : : mendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemn : : mendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemn : : mendelemnm nmnmnm nmnm nm nm mendelem : : mendelemnm nmnmnm nmnm nm nm mendelem : : mendelemmendelemn mendelemn nmnm nm nm mendelem : : mendelemmendelemn mendelemn nmnm nm nm mendelem : : mendelemnm nmnm mendelemn nmnm nm nm mendelem : : mendelemnm nmnm mendelemn nmnm nm nm mendelem : : mendelemnm nmnm mendelemn nmnm nm nm mendelem : : mendelemnm nmnm nmnm nmnm mendelem : : mendelemnm nmnm nmnm nmnm mendelem : : mendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemn : : mendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemn : : mendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemn : : nmnmn nmnm nmnmn nmnm nmnm nmnmnm : : nmnmn nmnm nmnmn nmnm nmn nmnmn : : mendelemnmnm mendelemn mendele nmnm nm n nmnmn : : mendelemnmnm mendelemn mendele nmnm nmnmn nmnmn : : nmnmn nmnm mendelemn mendele nmnm nmnmn nmnmn : : nmnmn nmnm mendelemn mendele nmnm nmnmn nmnmn : : nmnmn nmnm mendelemn mendele nmnm nmnmn nmnmn : : nmnmn nmnm nmn nmnmn nmnm nmnmn : : nmnmn nmnm nmn nmnmn nmnm nmnmn : : mendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemn : : mendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemn : : mendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemmendelemn :