[ha-Safran]: Yiddish is a language in and of itself
To cavalierly state that Judeo-German [...] is German... but then again, so is Yiddish throws out over a hundred years of scholarship, and a lotta books! Try telling it to the Yiddish teachers and chairs in universities all across the country -- not to mention the many librarians specializing in Yiddish. For further information on the thousand year old language, and the keys to Jewish history and identity it contains, please look into the Encyclopedia Judaica or even the Encyclopedia Britannica for basic articles. Then check out (or even buy for your library!) the recent YIVO publications the Encyclopedia of Eastern European Jewry and the newly completed translation of Max Weinreich's History of the Yiddish Language (in two volumes). Best regards, Shane Baker Director Congress for Jewish Culture 1133 Broadway Suite 1019 New York, NY 10010 --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Re: Dialect vs. language
Max Weinreich, late research director of the YIVO Institute (the Academy of the Yiddish Language) and author of the History of the Yiddish Language (4 vols., Yiddish [YIVO], 1973; 2 vols., English [Yale U. Press], 2008), once made the following distinction between dialect and language. Quoting from memory: A language is a dialect with an army and a navy. As to the argument that Yiddish is a dialect of High German - that is akin to saying that English is a dialect of Frisian (the Germanic language that is most closely related to English). Zachary Zachary M. Baker Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6004 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: New History of Jews who fought on the side of the Boers
A New History of Jews who fought on the side of the Boers, 1899-1902 has just been published. During the Anglo-Boer war of 1899-1902, an estimated 300 Jews served in the Boer armed forces. These ranged from those fighting in the commandos through to medical officers, POW guards, commissariat officers and town guard members. Individual Jews were involved in nearly all of the war's best-known incidents, including the famous battles of Magersfontein, Colenso and Spioenkop, the sieges of Mafeking, Ladysmith and Kimberley, the capture and escape of Winston Churchill and throughout the guerilla campaign. Many were interned for lengthy periods in POW camps on St Helena, Bermuda and elsewhere. While a number of shorter articles on this subject have appeared over the years, no attempt to date has been made to write a full history of this still little-known aspect of South African Jewish and Anglo-Boer War historiography. A new book, entitled Boerejode -- Jews in the Afrikaner Freedom Struggle, 1899-1902 by South African journalist and historian David Saks, has now filled this gap. Boerejode is based on original research conducted by the author in the State Archives, the archives of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies and the library of the SA Museum of Military History. It further builds on the extensive original research conducted by Rabbi L I Rabinowitz and well-known authors like Eric Rosenthal and SA Rochlin in the 1930s and 1940s. These include the reminiscences of some of the Jewish Oudstryders (veterans), which provide compelling and unique perspectives of the war from Jews who devoted themselves to fighting for the Boer cause. An appendix provides an annotated Nominal Roll of all Jewish participants in the Boer military. Photographs and documents from the SAJBD Archives are included. About the Author David Sacks is a writer, historian and Jewish communal professional. He has written extensively on South African Jewish, political and military history for a wide range of local and international publications. He is editor of the journal Jewish Affairs and the Associate Director of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies. The ISBN is 978-0-620-46112-2. Softcover, 166 pages. The U.S. price including postage is $25.00 from David Sacks, P.O. Box 87557, Houghton 2041 South Africa. His email is: da...@beyachad.co.za. Donald Hirschhorn Boca Raton, FL --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
Re: [ha-Safran]: Cataloguing Judaeo-German
Yiddish is certainly not a dialect of German. If a dialect is defined (among others) by mutual intelligibility the it's certainly not a dialect. Most Yiddish speakers don't understand German. I, as a speaker of Yiddish can say that I don't understand German and I know that Germans don't understand Yiddish. Maybe in the past when there was a Western Yiddish it was more mutual intelligible and even then Germans did not understand all the Hebrew words which are common in Yiddish. A few yeas ago I read a text in Western Yiddish to a German. She understood most of it but not the many Hebrew words. Today when people speak or write Eastern Yiddish it is certainly not mutual intelligible. In the 19th century there was a debate whether Yiddish is a language or zhargon (dialect) and it was decided on a language. Mendelssohn wrote his Beur in German not Yiddish. He used Hebrew letters only to facilitate the reading to the Jews of his time who did not know how to read Latin letters. --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Cataloguing Judaeo-German
Paul Glasser, Ph.D., a Yiddish Linguist at YIVO, had this to say about Margo Gutstein's post in Ha-Safran: ...she's absolutely wrong about mutual intelligibility - if that were true, Czech and Slovak would be one language, Mandarin and Cantonese would be two! Aviva E. Astrinsky Head Librarian YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 15 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 avastrin...@yivo.cjh.org --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Book sale @ JCC of Greater Washington
The JCC of Greater Washington is selling books from its Kass Judaic Library. The JCC is located at 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD, 20852-4860, and the main phone number is (301) 881-0100. The sale is Sunday 14 March 2010 (28 Adar 5770) from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. For more information please call or email Jodi Shulimson (301) 348-3769 jshulim...@jccgw.org . --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Photos of the A.H.A.V.A. Readathon Awards Ceremony
Hi Everyone! Today I attended the A.H.A.V.A. Readathon Awards Ceremony at Eshkol Hapayis in Ma'ale Adumim. You can view the photos at: http://www.jr.co.il/ma/pic/2010/ma479.htm When the first page comes up, press the F11 key on the top of your keyboard for a full page view. Use the icon buttons on the bottom of each page to navigate. Congratulations to everyone that participated in the readathon. Shabbat Shalom, Jacob --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Edith Geiger [in Hebrew]
Safranim, I was asked to post the following link to YouTube: A video about a librarian and her special books This is really inspiring! What a fantastic person. Please watch it and enjoy. [in Hebrew] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9rT7q0sSDc --- 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...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
