Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 3.197 January 12, 1994 1) Mendelnikes at the LSA (Khayem Bochner) 2) Yehoshua Perle (Dafna Clifford) 3) Introduction (Misha Auslin) 4) Children's rhymes (Shulamith Berger) 5) Cognitive Science Postdoctoral Fellowships (Trisha Yannuzzi) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun Jan 9 16:03:04 1994 From: bochner@das.harvard.edu Subject: mendelnikes at the LSA At the risk of encouraging the feeling that Mendele is dominated by Linguists, I thought people might be amused by the following: The annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America was in Boston over the last few days, and a group of mendelnikes (9 of us, if I remember correctly) took advantage of the opportunity to have lunch together. We enjoyed attaching faces to familiar names! Undzer shames, Noyekh, was supposed to join us, but couldn't make it because of the snow, alas. Khayem [Un tsulib dem shames, dem oysvorf, dem veremdiker, hot nokh gefeylt tsum minyen! Af deroyf meg men take shmaysn. Nit azoy? nm] 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon Jan 10 05:12:52 1994 From: clifford@vax.ox.ac.uk Subject: Yehoshua Perle Does anyone know where I can get hold of anything written by Yehoshua Perle in Warsaw in the 20's and 30's? For example: Yidn fun a gants yor Mirl - roman fun a poylisher salon-froy Mayses fun der groys-shtot The Widener library has them listed, but apparently they have been stolen?! Any suggestions would be welcome Dafna Clifford (clifford@vax.ox.ac.uk). 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon Jan 10 11:59:21 1994 From: auslin michael r Subject: Introduction I am originally from the Chicago area and, being a second-generation American, grew up with more 'Yinglish' than I had realized. I am now 26 years old and studying for a doctorate in diplomatic history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before starting at Illinois I lived in Japan for over a year, and sometime during this exodus [:-)] felt the urge to return to my previous levels of Jewish involvement. This time, however, I want to learn also about my Eastern European heritage. Unfortunately, none of my family members can now speak more than phrases and words of yiddish, and I'd like to learn more for myself, my wife (who is Japanese), and eventually for my children. Thank you in advance for your help and patience as I get in touch with the roots of my mishpoche. Michael (Misha) Auslin 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed Jan 12 10:09:34 1994 From: Shulamith Berger Subject: children's rhymes The recent discussion of children's literature reminded me of a childhood ritual I grew up with - reciting the paragraph of Shema from Genesis 67:16 where Jacob blesses Joseph's sons which ends as follows: ve-yidgu la-rov be-kerev ha-arets (and they will multiply in the land). We always added this ending: shlof vi a porets (note the rhyme with arets). Is anyone else familiar with this or know of other children's bedtime routines in Yiddish? Shuli Berger 5)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed Jan 12 10:48:07 1994 From: Trisha Yannuzzi Subject: Cognitive Science Postdoctoral Fellowships Available The Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (IRCS) at the University of Pennsylvania provides opportunities for several postdoctoral positions in Cognitive Science. The deadline for applications is February 1, 1994. Decisions will be made March 15, 1994. To apply, please send a cover letter indicating your proposed research, including a statement about how you would benefit from working in our interdisciplinary environment and your resume. Please have two or three referees send letters of reference directly to: Postdoctoral Fellow Selection Committee Institute for Research in Cognitive Science University of Pennsylvania 400C 3401 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228 The University of Pennsylvania is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Trisha Yannuzzi ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol. 3.197 To subscribe, send SUB MENDELE FIRSTNAME LASTNAME to: LISTSERV@YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU Mendele has 2 rules: 1. Provide a Subject: line. 2. Sign your article. Send submissions/responses to: mendele@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu Other business: nmiller@starbase.trincoll.edu Anonymous ftp archives available on: ftp.mendele.trincoll.edu in the directory pub/mendele/files