Dear Safranim, I am forwarding the following announcement on behalf of Shane Baker at the Congress for Jewish Culture.
Sincerely, Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel Librarian Dorot Jewish Division, Room 111 The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Reference Desk: 212-930-0601 Fax: 212-642-0141 Email: amandasei...@nypl.org Website: http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/jewish-division Hours of operation: Monday, 10:00 AM-5:45 PM Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:00 AM-7:15 PM Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10:00 AM-5:45 PM ********************************************************************************** Memorial for the Soviet Yiddish Writers murdered on August 12th, 1952 The Congress for Jewish Culture, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the Yiddish Forward, the Workmen's Circle and the Jewish Labor Committee invite you to a special gathering marking 60 years since the Soviet regime executed the Yiddish writers active with the Jewish Antifascist Committee: Dovid Bergelson, Itzik Fefer, Dovid Hofshteyn, Leyb Kvitko and Perets Markish. Join us as we remember them and read and sing from their works and the works of other Yiddish writers who suffered under the Soviet regime. The program will be in Yiddish with some translation into English. Chair: Professor Thomas Bird of Queens College; In the program: Boris Sandler, Paula Teitelbaum, Hy Wolfe, Shane Baker, David Mandelbaum, and Dr. Paul Glasser and introducing a special short subject based on Markish's "Shards" by Australian neon animator Jack Feldstein DATE: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 TIME: 3 PM LOCATION: YIVO/ Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th Street, Manhattan, 10011 Admission free - RSVP online at: http://yivo.org/events_signups.php or call 212-294-6139 Join Our Mailing List! Congress for Jewish Culture 1133 Broadway New York, New York 10010 212-505-8040 Visit: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/August-12th-Memorial.html?soid=1101174814514&aid=auZ4xK4-XH8 -- __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.service.ohio-state.edu https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
