Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 3.316 April 14, 1994 1) Introduction (Rivke Becker) 2) Me tut fregn (Kathleen Rose Noe) 3) Miami Beach Fiction (Henry Breitrose) 4) April Boston Yiddish Events (Meyer David) 5) "Dona", "a groyser goy" (Daniella HarPaz) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed Apr 13 11:00:06 1994 From: rbecker@cap.gwu.edu Subject: Introduction I am a computer program at NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in Silver Spring, MD. I heard Yiddish as a child and studied it for 3 years at the University of Maryland. I am a member of Yiddish of Greater Washington. Enjoy reading the Forvetz (especially Miriam Hoffman's articles) and the Forward (Philologus). Ruby Becker (Rivke) 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed Apr 13 14:54:53 1994 From: Kathleen_NOE@umail.umd.edu Subject: me tut fregn... the question was about the origin of the use of 'ton' with the main verb. i don't know if this is used in slavic languages, but it is common in german dialects (south- und southwestern germany, austria, switzerland i think also). Ex.: "Was tuste?" - "ich tu lesen." or "lesen tu ich". i thought that in yiddish the corresponding idiom was to duplicate the main verb? ie., "vos tut er?" - "singen singt er." is this correct usage? if not i would love to be put on the right track. a sheynem dank aykh ale. kathleen rose noe 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed Apr 13 15:12:20 1994 From: hbreit@leland.Stanford.EDU Subject: Miami Beach Fiction One of my students is working on a documentary film about the migration of retired Jews from the New York area to Miami Beach in the 1950's and 60's. She is particularly interested in what one of the participants described as a "Yiddische Gan Aiydn," which is to say the re-creation of a sense of Yiddish cultural life in the warm climate of Florida. She is interested in fictional treatments of Miami in the period 1950's to the present. She is aware of Bashevis Singer's story A PARTY IN MIAMI. Henry Breitrose 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed Apr 13 23:46:54 1994 From: mhd@world.std.com Subject: April Boston Yiddish Events Here are some events I know about that might interest the Bostoners... April Boston Yiddish Events --------------------------- Sunday, April 17, 1994 Dovid Braun: di raykhkayt fun yidishen folklor Lecture in Yiddish for the Boston Yiddish Culture Club 2:30 p.m., Workmen's Circle Center, 1762 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA Tuesday, April 19, 1994 Workmen's Circle Annual Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Memorial Observance Featuring Yiddish Poetry Reading by Rosalia Zarubinskaya, Russian/Yiddish stage actress 7:30 p.m., Workmen's Circle Center, 1762 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA Wednesday, April 20, 1994 Dr. Sheva Zucker: dos aroyskumen fun der moderner froy in der yidisher literature Lecture in Yiddish sponsored by the Workmen's Circle 7:30 p.m., Workmen's Circle Center, 1762 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA Thursday, April 21, 1994 Manya Webb: tsum 46tn yom haatzmaut Lecture in Yiddish, along with celebration, sponsored by the Mishkan Tefile Yiddish Club 7:30 p.m., Congregation Mishkan Tefile, 300 Hammond Pond Parkway, Chesnut Hill, MA Meyer David 5)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu Apr 14 09:11:53 1994 From: Daniella.HarPaz@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: "dona" and "a groyser goy" Two questions: 1. Does anyone know what "dona" means in the song "dona dona"? Doea anyone know if the song was originally written in Yiddish, and/or what text might be a good source for such info.? 2. I heard a native Yiddish speaker say, in a "complementary" way to the parents of my cousin at his Bar-Mitzvah "az er zol zayn a groyser goy"....I'm almost positive that's what she said...anyone know what that means? Daniella HarPaz ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol. 3.316 A Table of Contents is now available via anonymous ftp, along with weekly updates. Anonymous ftp archives available on: ftp.mendele.trincoll.edu in the directory pub/mendele/files Archives available via gopher on: gopher.cic.net Mendele has 2 rules: 1. Provide a meaningful Subject: line. 2. Sign your article. To subscribe, send SUB MENDELE FIRSTNAME LASTNAME to: LISTSERV@YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU Send submissions/responses to: mendele@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu Other business: nmiller@starbase.trincoll.edu