[ha-Safran] Yiddish books and copyright

Hi Safranim, Shane Baker here, ha-Safran lurker as well as Executive Director of the Congress for Jewish Culture (aka Alveltlekher Yidisher Kultur-kongres) and CYCO (Central Yiddish Culture Organization/Tsentrale Yidishe Kultur-Organizatsye), publishers of numerous volumes in and on the topic

Re: [ha-Safran] Sholom Aleichem/Tevye

Dear Ms. Fischer: According to vol. 8 of the Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur (Biographical Dictionary of Modern Yiddish Literature, Congress for Jewish Culture, 1981, New York): In der hoyz-fraynd (b' 4) in 1894 was published for the first time a letter from Tevye der Milkhiker

[ha-Safran] Memorial for the Soviet Yiddish Writers

. This Sunday, August 12th, 2012 at 3 PM, the Congress for Jewish Culture together with CYCO Yiddish Books, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the Jewish Labor Committee and the Workmen's Circle will be holding a memorial to remember those and other Yiddish writers who suffered repression

Re: [ha-Safran] cataloging Sholem Aleichem

If you're going to use the pseudonym, it really needs to be under Sholom. To put it under Aleichem would be like referencing Doody, Howdy. Sholom-aleichem (or Sholem-aleykhem) is a fixed phrase, not a first and last name. Best, Shane Baker Executive Director Congress for Jewish Culture