[ha-Safran]: Cost of AJL Convention
Dear Safranim, The thoughtful messages of Rose Myers and Eli Weiss, re the unaffordibility of the annual AJL conventions to the majority of our membership, raise an issue that has been debated several times over the years. The challenge has been discussed at many AJL general business meetings, and many votes and surveys were taken only to bring us to the realization that, the tried and true Convention formula is the preferred one. And for good reasons: we want to keep up the tradition of meeting in different locations every year, eating all of our meals together, and enabling our orthodox members to fully participate in those meals. The kosher meals contribute to the high cost of registration, and the need for ample exhibition and meeting spaces with all the electronic amenities, contribute to the high cost of hotel rooms. On the other hand, it is precisely the communal meals and the sophisticated meeting rooms that make the AJL conventions so much nicer and better than any other convention we have attended! While it is primarily the members of SSC who do not receive support from their institutions to attend convention, and it is primarily those part-time and volunteer librarians who need CE the most, there are many RS members who are also not supported, or are insufficiently supported. The result has been that only 20 percent of our membership gets to attend convention at any given year. What to do about it? Very hard question, but we are not exempt from continuing to think about it, preferably, out of the box. Here are my own 2 cents, inspired by Rose Myers' message: * How about breaking the tried and true mold every five years? * How about celebrating our being SSC librarians by meeting on JCC's campuses every five years? * How about celebrating our being academic librarians and archivists by meeting on university campuses every five years? * How about meeting overseas, in collaboration with European and/or Israeli Librarians every ten years? Any other constructive suggestions? Aviva Astrinsky Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: RLG Members Forum: Libraries, Archives,
Museums-Three-Ring Circus, One Big Show? X-Original-To: hasafran@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14 X-CanItPRO-Stream: lists X-Spam-Score: 0 () X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN RLG Members Forum: Libraries, Archives, Museums-Three-Ring Circus, One Big Show? The Center for Jewish History is hosting the annual Research Libraries Group (RLG) forum on Thursday 7/14 in the auditorium. The theme focuses on collaboration and efforts to bring archives, libraries and museums into shared systems. The program is at: http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20521. The forum is free but we do need to register (at url above) and the deadline is tomorrow 6/17. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: BBC honors YIVO's 80th birthday
Dear Colleagues, The BBC recently made a radio documentary on YIVO in honor of its 80th anniversary. The program, Plucked from the Fire, can be heard on the BBC Radio 4 website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/archivehour.shtml - look up Archive Hour or Plucked from the Fire. The direct link should be: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/noscript.shtml?/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/archivehour The YIVO documentary was broadcast last Saturday. It had good publicity including a whole page article in the London Jewish Chronicle and many appreciative reactions from listeners. Aviva Astrinsky Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Congress of European Jewish Studies, Moscow, July 2006
European Association for Jewish Studies VIII TH EAJS CONGRESS Past and present perspectives in Jewish Studies JULY, 23-27, 2006, Moscow FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS The executive committee of the European Association for Jewish Studies is glad to announce that the next congress of EAJS will take place in Moscow on July, 23-27, 2006. It will be the first EAJS Congress held in Eastern Europe. We hope to bring together scholars from both Eastern and Western Europe. The theme of the Congress is 'Past and present perspectives in Jewish Studies'. The local organizers are the International Center for Russian East European Jewish Studies, and Sefer Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization. Members of the European Association for Jewish Studies and all other scholars in the various fields of Jewish Studies are invited to participate in the VIIIth EAJS Congress. Scholars are welcome to attend the Congress whether or not they intend to present a paper. Proposals for Lectures (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion) should contain a title and a 300-word abstract. Please send applications to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please select from the list of Sections the subject area in which you choose to have your proposal considered. You may submit your proposal to only one Section. However, please be aware that the Congress Committee and Section Chairs will work together in placing proposals in other appropriate Sections if a worthy proposal cannot be placed in the Section to which it was submitted. Also attach your CV, return mailing address, e-mail address, fax, and telephone number. All abstracts will be forwarded to the appropriate Section chairman, who will make the final selection of lectures to be presented. DO NOT SEND abstracts to Section Chairs. SECTIONS AND SECTION CHAIRS Bible Prof. Dr. Philip Alexander (Manchester) Dr. Alexander Nemirovskiy (Moscow) Talmud, Midrash Rabbinics Prof.Dr. Arkadiy Kovelman (Moscow) Dr.Sacha Stern (London) Modern Jewish Literature Prof.Dr. Alexander Kobrinskiy (St.Petersburg) Modern Hebrew Literature Dr.Tsila Ratner (London) Prof.Dr. Alexander Kryukov (Moscow) Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Prof.Dr. Stefan Schreiner (Tuebingen) Prof. Dr. Dmitriy Frolov (Moscow) Jewish Mysticism Prof.Dr. Giulio Busi (Berlin) Dr.Leonid Matsikh (Kiev) Hasidism Prof.Dr. Ada Rapoport-Albert (London) Dr. Igor Turov (Kiev) Modern Jewish Thought Theology Prof.Dr. Donatella Di Cesare (Rome) Prof.Dr. Boris Gubman (Tver) Jewish History in Late Antiquity Prof. Dr. Martin Goodman (Oxford) Prof. Dr.Igor Tantlevskiy (St.Peterburg) Mediaeval Early Modern Jewish History Culture Prof.Dr. Wout Jac. Van Bekkum (Groningen) Prof.Dr. Albert Van der Heide (Amsterdam-Leiden) Judeo-Greek Studies Prof.Dr. Nicholas de Lange (Cambridge) Dr. Yevgeniya Smagina (Moscow) Karaite Studies Prof. Dr.Emanuela Trevisan Semi (Venice) Dr. Alexander Gertsen (Simferopol) Sephardi-Mizrahi History Dr.Elena Romero (Madrid) Prof. Dr.Valeriy Dymshits (St.Petersburg) Modern Jewish History in Eastern Europe Prof. Dr. John D.Klier (London) Prof. Dr. Oleg Budnitskii (Moscow) Modern Jewish History in Western Central Europe Prof. Dr. Ivana Burdelez (Dubrovnik) Prof. Dr. Rashid Kaplanov (Moscow) Modern Jewish History in Non-European Countries Prof. Dr.William Rubinstein (Aberystwith) Prof. Dr. Mikhail Chlenov (Moscow) Israel Studies Dr.John Bunzl (Vienna) Prof. Dr. Andrey Fedorchenko (Moscow) Holocaust Studies Prof. Dr. Ivo Goldstein (Zagreb) Dr. Ilya Altman (Moscow) Jews the Arts Edward van Voolen (Amsterdam) Dr. Igor Dukhan (Minsk) Science Jewish Cultures Dr. Gad Freudenthal (Paris) Prof. Dr. Markham J.Geller (London) Yiddish Studies Prof.Dr. Marion Aptroot (Duesseldorf) Dr.Galina Eliasberg (Moscow) Gender Studies Prof. Dr. Anna Foa (Rome) Dr. Yuriy Zaretskiy (Moscow) Linguistics Prof. Dr. Fabrizio A.Pennacchietti (Turin) Prof. Dr. Alexander Militarev (Moscow) Social Sciences Prof. Dr. Barry Kosmin (London) Prof. Dr. Vladimir Sobkin (Moscow) Jewish Manuscripts Prof.Dr.Mauro Perani (Bologna-Ravenna) Dr. Shimon Yakerson (St.Petersburg) GENERAL INFORMATION The language of the Congress is English. Russian will be used at plenary sections (where simultaneous translation will be provided) and at the meetings of the section devoted to Modern Jewish History in Eastern Europe. Information on the venue, transportation, kosher catering, etc. will be contained in the Second Call for Papers which we are planning to issue in November, 2005. CONGRESS REGISTRATION Registration costs Before AfterApril 1, 2006 April 1, 2006 for EAJS members: $75 $100 for non-members:$180$220 Participants at the 2006 Congress as EAJS members (i.e. paying the lower conference fee for members) must pay up all overdue membership fees since 2002. Conference fees would be
[ha-Safran]: Press Release from the Association for Jewish Studies
Attached is a press release recently issued by the Association for Jewish Studies and American Academy for Jewish Research in response to the recent decision by the British Association of University Teachers to boycott two Israeli universities. The press release was sent to The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Forward, The Jewish Week, The Canadian Jewish News, The Globe and Mail, the National Post, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the American Association of University Professors, the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Historical Association, the Modern Language Association, the Canadian Association of University Teachers, and the York University Faculty Association. The American Academy of Jewish Research, the oldest body of North American scholars of Jewish studies, and the Association for Jewish Studies, the learned society of academic Jewish studies, condemn the British Association of University Teachers ' decision to boycott two Israeli universities for their alleged complicity in governmental policies and their purported discrimination against a faculty member on political grounds. The boycott is an egregious assault on academic freedom and a woeful misreading of the role of Israeli academics and the Israeli university. Academics have an obligation to support the free exchange of ideas and to participate in international dialogue, not to shun and restrain them. Israeli universities are an important source of the robust discussion and critical evaluation of governmental policy that characterize Israeli society. It is indeed, ironic, and offensive, that in a world where many governments muzzle their faculties, and academic freedom is rare, the AUT should focus solely on Israeli universities, which have maintained academic freedom and diverse student and faculty communities under difficult circumstances.. It is also distressing that in a world where, sadly, war and the killing of civilians are far too common only one country is singled out for ostracism. The AUT has been ill-served by leaders who pushed through the motion without proper investigation of the facts on which the decision was purportedly based, and without open debate within the Association itself. Academics should govern ourselves according to the standards of fairness and free discussion we expect from the larger society. We stand in solidarity with our fellow Israeli academics. We also welcome the criticism of the AUT decision by many British university administrators and by the Times of London as well as the planned reconsideration of the boycott by the AUT. We are confident that the AUT ' s declaration of a boycott will be understood internationally to reflect less upon the reality of Israeli universities than upon the politicization of certain leaders of the British academic community. We call on academics throughout the world to refrain from participating in international conferences from which Israeli scholars have been banned. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: 3rd Annual Berkeley Yiddish Conference
The Program in Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley is proud to sponsor The 3rd Annual Berkeley Yiddish Conference Fartaytsht un Farbesert: Translation and Yiddish Culture 23 - 24 May 2005 3335 Dwinelle Hall Schedule of Events May 23, 2005 10:15am Welcome - Allison Schachter, UC Berkeley Opening Remarks John Efron, UC Berkeley I. 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Yiddish and Hebrew Panel Chair: Yael Chaver, UC Berkeley Rechov Itzik Manger: Itzik Manger and Yiddish literature in Israel Naomi Brenner, UC Berkeley The Porous Boundaries between Yiddish and Hebrew Barbara Harshav, Yale University To Write in a Silent Language: The Bilingualism of Yossl Birshtein Shachar Pinsker, University of Michigan BREAK~ II. 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. European Literature in Yiddish Translation Panel Chair: John Efron, UC Berkeley James Joyce's Yiddish Modernism, Translation, and the Jews Rachel Rubinstein, Hampshire College Shakespeare in Yiddish: Y.Y. Schwartz's Hamlet Michael Stanislawski, Columbia University Sherlock Holmes in the Shtetl: How European Literature Was Read in the Pale Jeffrey Veidlinger, Indiana University 4:00 p.m. Film: Voyages. France 1999, (11 min.) Dir.: Emmanuel Finkiel May 24, 2005 III. 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Translation and the Boundaries of Jewish Culture Panel Chair: Jordan Finkin, UC Berkeley Burying the Books: The Death of an Intertextual Possibility in the Fiction of Dvora Baron Sheila Jelen, University of Maryland Yung-Vilne's Funny Man: Ventriloquism, Adaptation, and Parody in Leyzer Volf Justin Cammy, Smith College IV. 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. The Social Boundaries of Translation Panel Chair: Eli Katz, UC Berkeley Cultural and Political Liminalities in Megiles Ester,Targum sheni, and Old Yiddish Purim-shpil Jerold Frakes, University of Southern California Yiddish Literature's Neglected Stepchildren: Chaim Zhitlovsky and the Merits of Translation Matt Hoffman, Franklin Marshall College On the Other Side of the Poem: Translating Women Yiddish Poets Kathryn Hellerstein, University of Pennsylvania V. 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Translation and Mobility Panel Chair: Allison Schachter, UC Berkeley Shvartsbard's Gilgulim: Translations and Transmigrations of Alter Kacyzne's Last Play Robert Adler Peckerar, UC Berkeley/NYBC The Anxiety of Translation: Yankev Glatshetyn's Good Night, World in America Anita Norich, University of Michigan Every Free Man Has Two Homelands: A Parable on Yiddish and Translation Naomi Seidman, GTU Free Admission Open to the Public Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Library renovations
Dear Chaya, I have had the privilege or misfortune to work in 4 renovated and/or new libraries. All of them were built by architects who had never done libraries or museums before. All of them looked pretty (which is the architects's main interest), but were not functional whatsoever. As a result, the librarians had to compensate for the design mistakes by placing the furniture and shelving units to act as partitions. Result: Soon the new place looked old and untidy. You should insist on hiring a firm who has built at least 3-4 libraries, and that is aware of the need to analyze workflow, listen to the librarians, and work seriously on climate control and energy saving. Especially be aware that using cheap building materials results in high cost of maintenance. The Library Journal devotes its December issue to library architecture. Get hold of Dec. 2004 issue and look at names and ads. There are some firms who specialize in library buildings. Aviva E. Astrinsky Head Librarian YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 15 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Re: B.C. vs. B.C.E.
While I am not offended by A.D. and B.C., I still think this is an outdated, non-inclusive, non-neutral term. After all, the majority of the world's population today is not Christian (c.f. China, India, Japan, Indonesia), but they all use the Gregorian dating scheme. Why not, then, call it: the Common Era? This fact was recognized and acknowledged in the early 80's by the editors of the New Encyclopedia of Religion (see intro. by Mircea Eliade, et al.) This encylopedia was first major reference tool to use the neutral C.E. B.C.E. I agree that librarians have many other urgent tasks to worry about. However, I suggest that one of those urgent task should be to increase the pressure on automation vendors, who do not provide the global changes capacity in their authority modules. Let's not forget that a library's catalog is a work in constant progress. When global changes are widely available, any insertion of author's dates of birth death and/or various lingustic updates will not be as insurmountable a task as it seems to be today. Aviva E. Astrinsky Head Librarian YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 15 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: CFP
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:47:32 -0500 (EST) From: NEIL JACOBS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Yiddish Ashkenazic Studies Conference Call for Papers The Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies Program of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research announce a conference in Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies to be held November 6-7, 2005 (Sunday-Monday), at Ohio State. The title of the conference is: Looking Backward--Looking Forward: A Conference Commemorating the Centenary of the Birth of Dr. Shlomo Noble. Dr. Noble was a long-time research scholar at the YIVO and a teacher to many scholars currently active in the field. Dr. Noble's Ph.D. dissertation (The Survival of Middle High German and Early New High German Words in Current Judeo-German Translations of the Bible) was completed in the then-named Department of German at The Ohio State University in 1939, under Prof. Hans Sperber. Abstracts are solicited in all areas of Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies. Papers focusing on the continuing relevance of the work of the generation of the founders of modern Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies to current and future work in the field are particularly welcome. Conference presentations will be 30 minutes in length, with additional time for discussion. Abstracts should not exceed 500 words and should include (at the top): name(s) of author(s), affiliation, contact information (e-mail and telephone), and title of the paper, and(below): a repeat of the title of the paper, followed by the body of the abstract. Please submit your abstract as regular e-mail (not as an attachment) by May 15, 2005, to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions may also be sent to the above e-mail address, or to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We look forward to receiving your abstract, and to an exciting conference in November 2005. Neil G. Jacobs Associate Professor, Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies Program Conference Coordinator David Neal Miller Associate Professor, Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies Program Conference Coordinator Conference Sponsors: Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies Program, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, The Ohio State University YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Conference Co-Sponsors at Ohio State: Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures Department of History Department of Linguistics Center for Folklore Studies Foreign Language Center Center for Slavic and East European Studies Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Upcoming YIVO Events
1. On Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at 7:30 PM, YIVO and the Leo Baeck Institute are sponsoring at CJH a lecture and book signing by Professor Bryan Mark Riggs on the topic of his new work, Rescued from the Reich: How One of Hitler's Soldiers Saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe (Yale University Press, 2004). Admission is free to YIVO and LBI members. $5.00 for all other attendees, including senior citizens and students .RSVP Center Box Office 917-606-8200. This program has attracted the interest of the press and will most likely be covered by C-SPAN. The program will also be available utilizing the videoconferencing services of the Center. Academic, religious and cultural Institutions interested in participating in the Video Conference will be accepted on a first come , first serve basis (Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2. On Tuesday evening, February 1, 2005 at 7:00PM YIVO and LBI are sponsoring a lecture and book signing by Professor Edith Kurzweil, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University (Sociology) and the last editor in chief of Partisan Review magazine. Professor Kurzweil will deliver a lecture based on her new work Nazi Laws -Jewish Lives: Letters from Vienna (New Brunswick,NJ: Transaction Books, 2004). Professor Marion Kaplan of the Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at NYU will deliver the response. RSVP Center Box Office 917-606-8200. (Admission price/TBA). Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Lecture by prof. Halivni
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and The Union for Traditional Judaism take great pleasure in inviting you to a Distinguished Scholars Lecture The Last Jewish Nobility of Vilna - Father and Son - Rabbis Shmuel and Matisyahu Strashun Rabbi Professor David Weiss Halivni Reish Metivta Institute of Traditional Judaism Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization Columbia University Thursday, December 2, 2004 7:00 PM YIVO Institute for Jewish Research at the Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th Street, New York City Event is free. Please RSVP to the CJH Box Office: (917) 606-8200. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: FW: scholarships to the 14th Congress of Jewish Studies
THE FOURTEENTH WORLD CONGRESS OF JEWISH STUDIES notes the availability of research scholarships for postgraduates and postdoctoral fellows at European institutions which can be used as travel funding for the Congress: 13 September 2004 Dear friends, We are pleased to inform you of the availability of funding for European scholars who intend to participate in the fourteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies. The scholarships are titled Small Grants for Research Purposes and participation in the congress would mean that you would qualify for consideration if you applied for a grant. Application forms, as well as information about the eligibility criteria, can be found on the following website: www.jewishstudiesgrants.org We would like to emphasize a few conditions of the grant programme: 1. Scholarships are limited to PhD. students and Post Doctoral students studying at European institutions only. 2. The scholarships are granted and administrated by an independent foundation which reviews applications and selects candidates without any involvement of the World Union of Jewish Studies. 3. We advise presenting applications only after your lecture proposal has been accepted by the Congress's Executive Committee. Therefore, lecture proposals for the congress should be presented as soon as possible. We hope these scholarships will enable some of you to attend the congress and take part in its many activities. Sincerely, Haim Weiss Congress Secretary The grants from the Academic Jewish Studies in Europe Grant Programme include many other categories as well (e.g., support for doctoral studies, post-doctoral research, library augmentation, visiting fellowships, support for translation projects, and more. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: British Library zeroes in on e-learning
BRITISH LIBRARY ZEROES IN ON E-LEARNING Inspiring Learning for All is a framework for a new program developed by the British Library for creating accessible learning in museums, archives and libraries. It is founded on four simple principles, which describe the characteristics of an accessible and inclusive organization: People (providing effective learning opportunities); places (creating accessible and inspiring learning environments); partnerships (building creative e-learning partnerships); and polices/plans/performance (placing learning at the heart of the institution). The framework is designed to stimulate professionals to focus on and improve the way learning is supported. Working from a broad definition of learning -- i.e., it is not related solely to formal curriculum, but rather to everyone's ability to access information, cultural resources or entertainment in order to develop as individuals -- the program recognizes that people learn in different ways and require a variety of stimuli to engage them in the learning process. It stresses that museums, libraries and archives need to remove barriers to access; cater for individual learning styles (not just ages); create exciting environments; use innovative methods; value learning experts; consult with users; and reach out to new users. The program will be discussed at the International Federation of Library Associations conference in August. (IFLA Preliminary Program) http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla70/papers/102e-Brindley.pdf Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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]: Yiddish Educators Seminar May 2005
VILNIUS UNIVERSITY The Vilnius Yiddish Educator Seminar 6-20 May 2005 An Advanced Intensive Program Conducted Entirely IN YIDDISH for professional educators and teachers-in-training A program sponsored by THE FRIENDS OF THE VILNIUS YIDDISH INSTITUTE with generous assistance from the RIGHTEOUS PERSONS FOUNDATION The Yiddish Educator Seminar Interest in serious study of Yiddish language, literature and culture continues to grow internationally. At the same time, the secondary Holocaust effect takes its toll daily, as the last living masters who came to intellectual maturity before 1939 - writers, teachers, scholars, editors, performers, cultural organizers - reach the end of their days, often defiantly working for the cause of their beloved heritage deep into old age. Yiddish is nowadays taught at many levels, particularly in university credit programs, and in adult education and community settings. There is also some progress in the introduction of the language and its literature at the elementary and secondary level in Hebrew days schools and other Jewish educational establishments. The academic and pedagogical interest is growing. Motives range from the desire to reconnect to one's roots to the need for competence for researching language and literature in Jewish, Slavic, Baltic, Germanic and other fields. In the realm of secular Yiddish studies, there are very few university educators who have also published books in Yiddish and have taught advanced courses in Yiddish (rather than just about Yiddish). The Educator Seminar brings together four of them. They are Ms. Miriam Hoffman of Columbia University in New York; Professor Dovid Katz of Vilnius University; Professor Dov-Ber Kerler of the University of Indiana at Bloomington; Professor Yitskhok Niborski of the Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations in Paris. Each of the four instructors will concentrate on a specific aspect in which he or she is an acknowledged specialist. All four have taught Yiddish in university contexts for decades, and their cumulative expertise in Yiddish education means that issues that come up in teaching Yiddish in the twenty-first century will be dealt with extensively and openly, with full respect to the various competing approaches in today's Yiddish educational market of ideas. Participants must be professional teachers or teachers-in-training in a recognized institution. All participants will be taught by all four instructors. In addition to classroom work, there will be daily written homework. The program is conducted entirely in Yiddish. To apply for a place in the program, applicants are asked to write a letter of application in their own words, explaining their current employment, as well as plans for introduction or enhancement of their Yiddish language teaching in the framework of their appointments. Please enclose a current curriculum vitae, and arrange for two letters of recommendation, one of which should be from a dean, director, principal or other recognized academic supervisor from the applicant's current institution. The tuition fee is US $1800, which entitles applicants to full participation in the program, copies of all study materials, and appropriate university credit upon successful completion of the academic requirements. Note that notices of credit from the university provide details of hours, instructors and grades; it is up to participants' home deans to decide on the local apportioning of credit. Participants are responsible for their travel, lodging and meals; program staff can assist with information on the available options and logistical support. For information please contact project coordinator Olga Bliumenzon at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. A number of tuition scholarships are available. Moreover, the organizers are actively seeking scholarship donations to enable the participation of qualified applicants who do not have access to the necessary funds, including participants from Eastern Europe. Educator Seminar email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Center for Jewish History Reading Room closed April 5-14
Due to construction work, the Center for Jewish History's Reading Room will be closed from April 5 through April 14. Patron's are advised to call ahead after April 14, to make sure the Reading Room is in fact open. Aviva E. Astrinsky Head Librarian YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 15 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 [EMAIL PROTECTED] === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Query about Y.B. Gordon
Dear Colleagues, I am forwarding a query which stymied us at YIVO, in the hope that the collective knowledge of all of you would be able to give this patron a lead. Many thanks, Aviva Aviva E. Astrinsky Head Librarian YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 15 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Y.B. Gordon was a Jewish sculptor who lived in Palestine in the early 1920's. He did a number of statues there before returning to the U.S. One statue in particular was of 2 women who were killed in 1920 together with Yosef Trumpeldor in Tel Chai. Would you have any information about Gordon? == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[ha-Safran]: Sephardic Music Project
From: Joel Bresler The Sephardic Music Project (SMP) is preparing a World Wide Web site dedicated to Sephardic music. The site will list all known commercial recordings of Sephardic music, catalogued by artist, songs and other identifying information. Users will have a chance to listen to samples of over 8,000 song performances. The site will serve individuals, researchers, libraries and others interested in collecting, studying, preserving, performing and promoting Sephardic music. We will also support practical research on Sephardic music and preserve commercial 78 r.p.m. Sephardic recordings at risk of being lost forever. If there are scholars who will be in Boston next month for the AJS meetings that would like a preview of this work in progress, kindly email me separately and I will do my best to oblige. Welcome to Boston! [EMAIL PROTECTED] sephardicmusic.com (forthcoming) - === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: Celebrate the 350th anniversary of Jewish Life in the
USA X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN FYI. The web page of the committe to celebrate the 350th anniversary of Jewish Life in the USA can be found at: www.celebrate350.org Sessions devoted to this topic at the annual convention of AJL can also be posted at this web page. == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[ha-Safran]: British Association for Jewish Studies website
FYI: British Association for Jewish Studies website The British Association for Jewish Studies (BAJS) advertises its activities and the activities of related organisations on its website at www.BAJSBulletin.org and annually in its Bulletin. In addition to general news (including jobs), there are listings of future conferences (in the UK and elsewhere), prizes grants (in the UK and elsewhere), publications of UK scholars, and details of dissertations currently being supervised in the UK. It also maintains an up-to-date survey of Jewish Studies in the UK, which lists course titles, email addresses for lecturers, and contact details for each centre. If your academic institution would like to reach UK Jewish Studies scholars with calls for papers or articles, or with details of conferences, studentships and jobs then email [EMAIL PROTECTED] == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[Ha-Safran] North American Undergraduate Study in Israel
The American Academy for Jewish Research, the Association For Jewish Studies, and the National Association Of Professors Of Hebrew have issued a statement expressing their concern over the restrictions imposed by numerous American and Canadian universities on undergraduates who wish to participate in semester abroad programs of study in Israel and asking university administrators to review their policies and remove impediments to such study. Please publicize and disseminate this statement widely. The statement follows: American Academy for Jewish Research Association for Jewish Studies National Association of Professors of Hebrew Statement on North American Undergraduate Study in Israeli Universities Over the past three years, the sharp decline in the number of North American undergraduate students in study abroad programs at Israeli universities has had a severe and deleterious impact on academic Jewish Studies Programs in the United States and Canada. Students in such programs have been shown to benefit greatly from the language study and other subject specialization opportunities that can be found only at Israeli universities. As presidents of the three major academic organizations of Jewish Studies faculty in North America, we wish to express our alarm at the policies of North American universities that serve to dissuade, discourage, prevent or even prohibit students who decide to study in Israel from doing so. We recognize legitimate concerns for safety and the cautionary advice given by the State Department about travel in Israel. But we believe that, rather than cancel programs or prohibit study, universities should base the decision to award university credit for academic work done elsewhere solely on academic criteria and that no penalty should be imposed on students who have chosen freely and of their own volition to participate in such programs. We call upon the administrations of American universities to review their policies on study in Israel in order to remove obstacles created by administrative decisions that are not germane to academic standards, so as to allow students to pursue their legitimate academic goals. Shmuel Bolozky (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) President National Association of Professors of Hebrew (413) 545-2550 Lawrence H. Schiffman (New York University) President Association for Jewish Studies (212) 998-8980 David B. Ruderman (University of Pennsylvania) President American Academy for Jewish Research (215) 238-1290 The statement may also be viewed on the AJS Website at [ http://www.brandeis.edu/ajs/Study Abroad statement NAPH-AJS-AAJR.html ]http://www.brandeis.edu/ajs/Study%20Abroad%20statement%20NAPH-AJS-AAJR.html --- == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[Ha-Safran] Fiet's Vase and other stories of survival
Dear Librarian: I thought I should send you a brief summary of a recently published book. Fiets Vase and other stories of survival. Europe 1939 -1945by Alison Leslie Gold. These are stories of survival, Each record of 'a life wrested from extinction' reads like a miracle, a silver chalice excavated from dust. Alison Leslie Gold is the author of Anne Frank Remembered, an international bestseller that has been translated into eighteen languages and was included as one of the Best of Best one hundred books in the past twenty-five years by the American Library Association. What happens when the value of life is diminished? This book is about the deepest kind of human suffering, and how to survive. I am writing to encourage you to read this book and add it to your library. A brief summary is below. If you wish any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Sheelagh O Connor Researcher, deeply moved by the relevance of this book in todays world Fiets Vase and other stories of survival. Europe 1939 1945 by Alison Leslie Gold What is it about? Fiets Vase portrays Jews not just as victims but as gutsy and courageous human beings, male, female, young and old from every corner of Europe. The harrowing yet ultimately inspiring personal accounts of World War II encourage us to meditate on such themes as kindness, love, and art. These stories shed light on the various strengths that people drew on in a dark period of human history. From a young Jewish woman who defied death to keep the promise she made to her dead mother to protect her baby sister, to a Berlin boy, the son of a Nazi, who separated from his father to discover lifelong passion for the theater, the experiences of the individuals recounted here offer a rare glimpse at the personal face of war and bring us to the end of the line for these survivors. Why is it important now? Survival is on peoples minds, how do we live in a time of danger and anxiety? Where can we find clues for survival? This book offers a roadmap to living through the scariest time in modern history. The subjects speculate on how they survived and memorializes all suffering, not just Jewish suffering. Where can I get it and read current reviews? Barnes and Noble $17 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ Amazon.com $17http://www.amazon.com/http://www.amazon.com == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[Ha-Safran] Father of Yiddish Theater Honored
NEWS -- From B'nai B'rith International BBI Romanian Jewish Heritage Project Unveils Plaque for Father of Yiddish Theater FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Brunwasser (202) 857-2739 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, D.C. (October 23, 2003) - A new plaque for a statue honoring Abraham Goldfaden (1840-1908), the father of Yiddish theater, was unveiled today in Iasi, Romania, in a public ceremony attended by B'nai B'rith International (BBI) Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin, the Romanian Minister of Culture, and the Israeli, French and Polish ambassadors to Romania. The plaque, which pays tribute to Goldfaden in Romanian, Yiddish and English, was made possible by the Romanian Jewish Heritage Project of B'nai B'rith International and the Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania. The plaque unveiling coincides with the 2nd annual Goldfaden International Festival at the Iasi National Theater-a weeklong theater event showcasing five Yiddish theatrical ensembles from France, Israel, Poland, Romania, and the U.S. Goldfaden, who founded the first professional Yiddish theater in Iasi in 1876, was the author of over 400 plays and operettas. His influence was felt throughout Europe and the U.S., as Yiddish theater became a popular and respected art form toward the end of the 19th century. Goldfaden was a great proponent not only of Yiddish culture, but also of the millennia-old story of the Jewish people. Many of his plays drew from Biblical themes. The Romanian Jewish Heritage Project is a joint venture by BBI and the Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania. It was established in 2002 with a grant from USAID and administered through World Learning to create a Jewish heritage trail in Romania, as well as a database of family names, communities, ritual objects, and archives of Romanian Jewish life. Plans are underway to erect additional plaques at currently unmarked Jewish sites across Romania. The project has a searchable online reference, which can be accessed at www.romanianjewish.org. Romania's first B'nai B'rith unit was founded in Bucharest in 1886. The organization ceased operation during World War II, was officially banned in 1948, and was only reestablished following the end of the Cold War in 1995. B'nai B'rith - with members in 51 countries - is the world's best-known Jewish human rights, community action and humanitarian organization. B'NAI B'RITH INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 2020 K St., NW, 7th FLOOR, WASHINGTON, DC 20006 MEDIA RELATIONS: 202-857-2739, FAX: 202-857-2781 == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[Ha-Safran] Miriam Roshwald, GHETTO, SHTETL, OR POLIS?
GHETTO, SHTETL, OR POLIS? The Jewish Community in the Writings of Karl Emil Franzos, Sholom Aleichem and Shmuel Yosef Agnon by Miriam Roshwald Karl Emil Franzos (1848-1904) wrote novels and stories in German, advocating the assimilation to European culture as a way for Jewish emancipation from the self-imposed ghetto--an approach charactertistic of the Jewish Enlightenment. Sholom Aleichem (1859-1916), the well-known Yiddish writer , presented the Jewish shtetl in a deeply affectionate manner, commiserating with its plight through tears and laughter. S.Y. Agnon (1888-1970), the polished Hebrew writer and Nobel laureate, painted an idealized picture of the orthodox Jewish community in days by-gone, a veritable polis--not in the political sense, but in its religious-cultural sovereignty. In some of his books he describes and deplores the decline of the community due to external forces and internal degeneration. While this book can be classified as a study in Comparative Literature, perhaps its main place is in the domain of the Social and Cultural History of the Jews. This fairly recent history, though victim of material destruction, still casts its lights and shadows on contemporary Jewry. The divergent perspectives of the three writers are as much a part of the story of the past, as is the subject-matter they deal with. Miriam Roshwald presents the complex picture with personal involvement, which makes the book a lively and readable presentation. The publishers of the above book, The Borgo Press, went out of business after twenty-four years of activity. All the reights reverted to me and I have bought all the residual copies of my late wife's book. If you wish to purchase the book for your library, please contact Mordecai Roshwald, 8811 Colesville Road, #502, Silver Spring, MD 20910-4332; E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel.: 301 585-1352 `Price: $19.00, plus $3.00 (postage etc) == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[Ha-Safran] commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Kishinev pogrom
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Invites You to Attend a Mini-Symposium and Exhibition Viewing Co-sponsored by The YIVO Archives, The Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, and Glucksman Ireland House at New York University On the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Kishinev Pogrom Tuesday November 4, 2003, 6 PM In the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Great Hall and the Leo and Julia Forchheimer Auditorium Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street New York NY 10011 RSVP 212-294-6143 PROGRAM 6 pm to 6:45Reception 6:45 to 8:15Panel Discussion and Slide Presentation 8:15 to 9:15Guided Tours of Exhibition Mini-Symposium Panel: Moderator: Allan Nadler, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Program in Jewish Studies, Drew University/Advisor on Academic Affairs, YIVO. David Engel, Greenberg Professor of Holocaust Studies, Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Professor of History, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies/Department of History, New York University. 'On the Continued Existence of the Jews': Doubts about Jewish Identity and Survival in the Wake of Kishinev. Hasia Diner, Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies/Department of History, New York University. Michael Davitt, Irish Journalist and Defender of the Jews. Boris Sandler, Editor-in Chief, Yiddish Forward. From Leo Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn: The Reaction of the Russian Intelligentsia to the Kishinev Pogrom. Robert Seltzer, Professor of Jewish History, Hunter College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. Simon Dubnow and the Kishinev Pogrom: Collecting the Sources. == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
RE: Chagall/Bible illustrations
Dear Anita, I am looking at the just-published book Marc Chagall and his Times/ by Benjamin Harshav (Stanford, 2003). On page 334 it is written that Chagall used a Yiddish Bible, translated by the American-Jewish poet Yehoash (pseud. of Solomon Blumgarten, 1972-1927). Best, Aviva E. Astrinsky Head Librarian YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 15 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 [EMAIL PROTECTED] === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
YIVO-bleter volume 4
Volume 4 of the new series of YIVO-bleter, the Yiddish-language research journal has just been published by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and is available for purchase from the Jewish Book Center of the Workmen's Circle 45 East 33 Street New York, New York 10016 212-889-6800 or 800-922-2558 www.jewishbookcenter.com The theme of this volume is folklore. It includes articles on such topics as folksongs, riddles, laments, purim-shpiln,children's folklore, folk culture as reflected in newspapers and on radio, and Holocaust-era folklore. Among the well-known authors represented are music specialist Eleanor Gordon Mlotek, folklorists Bina Silverman Weinreich and Itzik Gottesman, music professor Mark Slobin and linguist Robert Rothstein, as well as the late musicologist Moyshe Beregovski. Both specialists and lay readers will find it most interesting. === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
