Well, I personally would go with Braslav (I had an unvocalized serial in hand and I could not find it because I was looking under Braslav. It also did not have the Hebrew script title in the record (LCCN 2001-208266).
We also have the subject heading Bratslav Hasidim (sh 85016498) and Bratslav (Ukraine) with x-ref. from Breslav (Ukraine) - [no x-ref. from Breslev) I don't know if in Yiddish it appears as ברעסלעב or בראסלאב or ברעסלאב or just ברסלב Yossi Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschlaeger Head, Hebraica & Jewish Studies Library 355A Thompson Memorial Library The Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Ave. Mall Columbus, Ohio 43210 USA E-Mail: galro...@osu.edu or jgal...@gmail.com Tel.: (614) 292-3362, Fax: (614)292-1918 URL: http://library.osu.edu/about/departments/jewish-studies/ Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature: http://hebrewlit.notlong.com On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Joan C Biella <j...@loc.gov> wrote: > This is indeed a horrible question, because: > > Our usual authoritative source for place-name romanizations, > ha-Entsiklopedyah ha-'Ivrit, gives "Bratslav," which you might think > would point to "Braslav." > > But I'm pretty sure that in all the vocalized texts I've seen, and > these pretty much all come from the Haside Breslev, it's vocalized as > "Breslev." > > So if we want a standard romanization, we'd better choose "Breslev," or > we will inadvertently be "correcting" a lot of instances in our > databases where the actual chief-source vocalization was "Breslev." > > Would everyone be satisfied with a standard romanization of "Breslev"? > Joan > > >>>> Joseph Galron-Goldschlaeger <galro...@osu.edu> 3/9/2010 1:45 PM >>>> > I know Joan will love my next question :-) > > What is the correct romanization of BRSLV ברסלב > > Is it Braslav > or Breslav > or Breslev > or something else > > > all forms found in the OCLC data-base > > In LC: > Braslav - 104 times > Breslev - 190 times > Breslav - 137 times > > In the Encyclopaedia Judaica (1972) there is a small town in Belarus > called Braslav (in Polish: Braslaw) - but they do not mention the > Hassidic sect - so I am not sure that this is the source. > > Yossi > > Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschlaeger > Head, Hebraica & Jewish Studies Library > 355A Thompson Memorial Library > The Ohio State University Libraries > 1858 Neil Ave. Mall > Columbus, Ohio 43210 USA > E-Mail: galro...@osu.edu or jgal...@gmail.com > Tel.: (614) 292-3362, Fax: (614)292-1918 > URL: http://library.osu.edu/about/departments/jewish-studies/ > Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature: > http://hebrewlit.notlong.com >
