Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 5.015 May 29, 1995 1) The Yiddish Voice: announcement (Meyer David) 2) Naye binyonim (Elyet Hersh Gertl) 3) Song of the Warsaw ghetto (Arnie Herschorn) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 12:32:55 -0700 From: mhd@crl.com Subject: Shavues/Rusish-Yidish Talent Ovnt on the Yiddish Voice Yiddish Voice Presents Russian-Yiddish Talent On Weds., May 31, 1995, 7:30 p.m. . . . . . Combined with Shavues Program by Miriam Libenson (Brookline, MA) The Yiddish Voice, a brand new Yiddish-language weekly radio show, will present on Wednesday, May 31, 1995, 7:30 p.m. on WUNR 1600 AM A Rusish-Yidish Talent Ovnt, or, A Russian-Yiddish Talent Evening, featuring talented performers who came to Boston from the former Soviet Union singing and reciting in Yiddish. In addition, Boston Yiddish and Hebrew educator and poet, Miriam Libenson, will present her original poetry in Yiddish in a tribute to the holiday Shavues. The Yiddish Voice (in Yiddish: dos yidishe kol began broadcasting here last July, and features music, poetry, comedy, interviews, news, commentary, and announcements of current events, all of it in the Yiddish language. For further information, call Mark David at (617) 738-1870. Meyer/Mark David 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 18:10:50 -0800 (PST) From: egertel@ccvax.fullerton.edu Subject: Naye binyonim Kh'vil zikh nokh nisht araynmishn inem inyen fareyn/nisht fareyn vegn nayem binyen bay der natsionale yidishe bikher tsentrale nor vegn dem inyen boyn/nisht boyn aza binyen in gantsn, hob ikh yo "tsvey sents" mayne vos kh'vil do araynvarfn: vayl kh'bin dokh maskem mit Andrew Cassel (5.009) az er dermont az der hoypt-tsil fun der tsentrale iz ale mol geven, iz itster un darf shtendik blaybn "zamlen bikher," s'iz oykhet do a sibe dertsu: me zamlt nisht yidishe bikher glat in der velt arayn nor mit a spetsifishn tsil , dehayne, nisht _nor_ ratevn bikher, khotsh dos iz gor, gor vikhtik nor oykhet farsphreytn un fareybikn yidishe kultur, literatur un visnshaft. In dem zinen iz a nayer binyen nisht nor a luksus nor bli-shum-sofek, a neytikeyt! Farvos? Tsulib dem vos, az me vil az di bikher zoln nokh alts lang lebn un gezunt zayn eyder zey tretn nokh vayter arayn in nayer heymen (bibliotekn, hayzer, uaz"v) darfn zey zayn "bakvem," in a binyen vu s'iz nisht tsu parne, tsu heys, tsu nas, nisht ayngenumen mit umfleyt, shtoyb un shmuts. Anit vet nisht blaybn keyn simen fun di dozike bikher, un s'redt zikh do fun milyonen bend. Az kh'bin baym tsentrale geven mit kemat tsvey yor tsurik, hob ikh bamerkt az s'iz geven geferlekh heys un parne inem rizikn sklad vu voynen lesate di milyonen bikher. A shreklekher matsev! Unter ot azelekhe klimatishe badingen, veln di milyonen oytsres mit der tsayt farergern zikh biz zey veln aleyn vern prost un poshet kleyne umzistike shtiklekh fun porekh. S'iz nisht nor az me farlangt az me zol boyen a nayem binyen: oyb me vil az di bikher zoln lebn, me neytikt aza binyen mit der faynster moderner klimat-system. Bla"z: While I agree with Andrew Cassel's reiteration (5.009) of the importance of the National Yiddish Book Center making its primary charge, the ingathering of Yiddish books, it is not merely to gather these books under one roof that they are collected, there is also a very important aim in the collecting: the preservation and perpetuation of Yiddish culture, literature, and knowledge. In order to meet this overriding goal, a new building to house these millions of frail treasures is not a mere luxury but an absolute necessity! Why? Because the cuurent conditions (at least as I experienced them about two years ago) inder which these precious materials are housed are frightening. The lack of good climate control with the resultant high humidity and oppressive heat during the warm months takes an incredible toll on these books. If they aren't transferred to a building that can keep the relative humidity around 50%, the temperature down at 68 degrees Farenheit or a little lower, keep the moisture to a minimum, and assure the absence of vermin, while maintaining a reasonably low level of dust and dirt, fragile materials that are already in a sorry state will deteriorate further. Eventually, you'll pick up the books and they'll crumble to dust in your hands! It's happening already with many of these volumes. The sooner they are housed in a building with a state-of-the-art climate control system the better if we want to see these works preserved into the next century and beyond. (I'll keep my nose out of the battle over whether union or non-union labor should be used to construct the NYBC's new home for now, but one thing I know for certain, it's got to be built one way or another). Elyet Hersh Gertl Fullerton, California 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 21:51:20 -0400 From: percepti@inforamp.net Subject: Song of the Warsaw ghetto Pinchas Gutter, the Chazan of the Kiever Shul in Toronto, remembers this song, Shvaig Kindele, from the tragic days of the Warsaw Ghetto. Does anyone else remember the song? Shvaig kindele (a song of the Warsaw ghetto) dort nisht vait dort vu der umshlag platz dort shteit dort vu men shtupt zich in der breit in di vagonen dort vu a kind shrait tzu der mamen oi mame loz mich nit allein ich vill gein mit dir tzuzamen. shvaig kindele. shvaig shvelbele zog nit ois az du bist a yid vail brider shvester, tate, mamen foren alle tzunezamen foren alle tzum farsamen shavig kindele, shvaig hertzele zog nit ois az bdu bist a yid. di poltzei zi hot geheisen schneller gein ir vet nit vissen fun kein noit bakumen drai kilo broit un mit dem broit hot men zei geshickt tzum toit zei velln mer nit tzurikkumen. shvaig kindele (a song of the warsaw ghetto) there, not far there. where the umshlag square is found where cattletrucks are filled with humankind all victims there, where a child cries to its mother o mother, don't leave me alone i want to go with you together. shush, my little one shush, my cherished one do not tell that you are a jew. while brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers are being shipped all together shipped together to be martyred shush, my darling child. shush, my little heart do not tell that you are a jew. the vile police said you must quicken your pace you will not know from any want receive three kilos bread and with that bread, they shipped you all to martyred death there is no more homecoming chorus treblinka, there that is the jewish "place of peace" those who arrive there don't return stay there forever there, where a child cries to its mother o mother don't leave me alone i want to go with you together chorus Arnie Herschorn Toronto ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol. 5.015 Mendele has 2 rules: 1. 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