Thought that members of the group might enjoy reading the article by Saul
J. Singer on the struggle of Israel Amikam with the British Mandate
authorities to permit the use of Hebrew language script in local telegrams
rather than using a transcription into Latin letter characters. Here is a
link to the article followed by a copy of my correspondence with the
author:
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/features-on-jewish-world/the-founder-of-the-hebrew-telegraph/2019/01/23/?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation&spotim_referrer=recirculation&spot_im_comment_id=sp_Z3ieP5nt_412719_c_vyun6y
Shavu'a tov,
David Wilk
P.S. If anyone knows the answer to the question I posed to the author about
the system of Romanization the British used, we would both be grateful to
see it posted. Thank you.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Saul-gmail <sauljs...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: The ‘Founder’ Of The Hebrew Telegraph
To: David Wilk <wilk....@gmail.com>
Hi David
Much thanks for taking the time to drop me a line. By all means, feel free
to recommend the article to your discussion group — which I’d bet consists
of some really interesting people — or to otherwise use it as you see fit.
I am far from being an expert on the subjects about which I write. Rather,
I am a Judaica collector who loves Jewish history and truly enjoys digging
into the backstory of the items I collect, which constitutes the backbone
of every article I write. This is my roundabout way of saying that I not
know which Romanization system was used by the British — but if you or
anyone in your Judaica librarians group finds out, please be sure to let me
know!
Best regards and Shabbat shalom.
SJS
On Jan 25, 2019, at 4:15 AM, David Wilk <wilk....@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Saul,
I enjoyed very much reading your article on Israel Amikam and his
struggle with the Mandate authorities to enable local telegrams to be
written in Hebrew characters rather than in transcription. If you don't
mind, I should like to recommend it to my colleagues in ha-Safran, the
Judaica librarians discussion group. I was wondering if you perhaps knew
which system of Romanization, the British used, whether it was that of the
Library of Congress or any other one that might have been available. Of
course, the Hebrew Language Academy has its own system, but that
institution wasn't yet in existence and was only created in 1953. Many
thanks again for your bit of history.
Shabbat shalom,
David Wilk
Maaleh Adumim, Israel
P.S. At the end of the article is the statement: "Saul Jay Singer serves as
senior legal ethics counsel with the District of Columbia Bar and is a
collector of extraordinary original Judaica documents and letters. He
welcomes comments at saul.sin...@verizon.net." I could not reach you at the
email as given and therefore have used an alternative one.
__
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:
hasaf...@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.osu.edu
https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
