Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 4.380 March 30, 1995 1) Yiddish exhibition, Toronto (Barry Wallfish) 2) YIVO-NYU Conference, New York (Henry Mullish) 3) Yinglish or Yidlish (Hershl Bershady) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 17:50:28 EST From: walfish@vax.library.utoronto.ca Subject: Yiddish exhibition, Toronto Announcing, Yiddish panorama: a thousand years of Yiddish language, literature, and culture: an exhibition at the Robarts Library, University of Toronto, April 3-May 31, 1995. A catalogue is being prepared to accompany the exhibition. In order to get an idea of what size print run I should order, I would like to see how many people on Mendele would be interested in purchasing the catalogue. The exhibition surveys Yiddish literature and culture from the Middle Ages until the present. The catalogue will be about 70 p. long and will include some 30 illustrations. I hope to keep the price reasonable (between $5 and $10, probably closer to $5) If you are interested, please send me an e-mail message. When the catalogue is available I will post instructions for ordering. Barry Walfish 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 12:07:00 -0500 (EST) From: mullish@acfcluster.nyu.edu Subject: YIVO-NYU Conference The following is a program of cultural events published recently by New York University and is reproduced here for the benefit of anyone who is interested in attending. It is open to the public and there is no charge. PROBING CULTURAL BOUNDARIES, 1840-1940: A CENTURY OF EAST EUROPEAN JEWISH LIFE IN TRANSITION A Conference jointly sponsored by YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the Skirball Department for Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. The conference is to be held at the Faculty Club, D'Agostino Hall, at 110 West 3rd Street, New York City from Sunday April 9th to Monday April 10th, 1995. SUNDAY, APRIL 9th 4:00pm "Bridges or Boundaries: The Ambivalent Nexus between Zionism and Wissenshaft" David Engel (NYU) "Hayyim of Volzhin, Israel Salanter and the Modernization of Jewish Education" Emmanuel Etkes (Hebrew U., Jerusalem) "Mikha Yosef Berdichevsky: The Vissicitudes of Self" Marcus Moseley (NYU) ******************* MONDAY APRIL 10th, 1995 10:00 am "Shmuel Niger and the Rise of Yiddishism in Russia" David E. Fishman (YIVO and JTS) "Isaac Nahman Steinberg: From Anti-Communist Revolutionary to Anti-Zionist Territorialist" Mikhail Krutikov (JTS) "Shaping a Russian Jewish Identity: Maxim Vinaver in the Public Arena" Samuel Kassow, (Trinity College) **************** 2:00 pm "From Jugendstil to Judenstil: E.M. Lilien and the Creation of a Zionist Iconography" Michael Stanislawski, (Columbia U.) "Mark Arnstein, or the Hazards of the Borderlands" Michael Steinlauf, (Gratz College) "Michael Radkinsohn-Frumkin and the Uses of the Jewish Press" Israel Bartal, (Hebrew U., Jerusalem) Henry Mullish 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: 29 March 1995 From: hbershad@sas.upenn.edu Subject: Yinglish or Yidlish or: lexical rudiments of the heretofore hidden history of the English language adept falter ladle shinsplints adroit famish lentel shindig ahoy farcical lexical shuttle alter farfetched link sigmoid amiss feldspar lintel solstice antic fermented lotion spatula aplomb fetlock speckle apostle fettle mantle spindle auction filch mandible spinster filter mental spittle bedridden fleck mention station bereft fleece mense(s) stricken bindle fling mensural strum blemish fluster metrical svelte bludgeon foible midst bluster follicle milkvetch tonsil bold fondle missile topple boxkite forlorn mission trestle brief function mist trinket bustle mitzi gaynor truncheon garnish mizzen tumult canticle gate moist tussle caution gay moraine chortle girdle motion upshot cluck glimpse moult conniption glisten varnish convection gondola noon vault contraption grub notbyme vent coptic notion ventricle cramp haste nuzzle venue crank heckle veranda crimp heft ocean vesicle crept heist ogle(r) vessel cryptical hint optical vest cyst hoist oracle vestal holster vice dank hustle perusal vine deft hut pestle vintner dental pinked viscous device inkling pistol vision diminish intermission plunge vista dingle inveigle plush vixen poise volt dirndl jingle posh vulgar disciple jostle poultice dwindle junction wall-to-wall junket quell wattle ear quench eminence kettle yoicks epic kleptic rebel yum epidermis reminisce epistle rubble zed ruckus zest zincous zinger Especially needed: words beginning with "i," "j," "k," "l," "n," "o," "q," "r," "u," "w," "y," "z." send to H. J. Bershady 503 W. Mermaid Lane Phila., PA 19118 (215) 242-2037 Hershl Bershady with the collaboration of Suzanne Bershady, Sy Leventman, Jared Lubarsky, Noyekh Miller, Lisa Neustadt Charles Rosenberg, Gary Rosenblatt, Helen Schneyer, Dave Sherman, Tom Wasow ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol. 4.380 Mendele has 2 rules: 1. Provide a meaningful Subject: line 2. Sign your article (full name please) 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 Send articles to: mendele@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu Send change-of-status messages to: listserv@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu a. For a temporary stop: set mendele nomail b. To resume delivery: set mendele mail c. To subscribe: sub mendele first_name last_name d. To unsubscribe kholile: unsub mendele Other business: nmiller@mail.trincoll.edu