[ha-Safran]: Yiddish Given Names

2009-11-23 Thread Ada Albright
I have been asked by a colleague to post the following: Message for Jewish Studies librarians and for all interested in Yiddish Studies As of this writing, WorldCat lists 67 libraries as owners of Rella Israly Cohn's Yiddish Given Names (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2008), a lexicon

[ha-Safran]: New Book: Beginner's Ladino

2008-12-17 Thread Ada Albright
Dear Safran Members, The following regarding Alla Markova's Beginner's Ladino crossed my e-desktop this morning. While Alla Markova's book is commendable from many perspectives--I am currently using it to improve my reading of Judeo-Spanish--it is not the only Ladino language-instruction guide