1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/yiddishnet February 1996 2 95 17_YiddishNet update0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Wed, 21 Feb 1996 10:38:12 -0500528_- Hi everybody,

It' s hard to believe that I haven't posted anything on YiddishNet since January 10. It now seems that some people believe that they were removed from the mailing list. No, you have not been removed. It's just that I have been crazy busy and when I get I get crazy, I don't have time to post. Since I don't like to send a one or two line message, I say nothing at all. I think I will change that policy of mine and send notification if I haven't posted for 3 weeks. You haven't received mail because [...] 98 130 37_Zol Shoyn Kumen Di Geule- JCE Program0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Wed, 21 Feb 1996 10:38:18 -0500678_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ===================================================== February 21, 1995 Volume 1.082

Subject: Zol Shoyn Kumen Di Geule - JCE Program at the WC



Since the earliest articulation of this dream, late in the Biblical epoch through the 2nd millennium of the Common Era, down to our own time, many formulations of the idealized goal were recognized and proclaimed with near certainty and a number of "proclaimers" arose who sought - or were impelled by others - to fulfill this messianic mission. In many instances, the normalcy and structure of entire Jewish communities were virtually destroyed when a [...] 229 378 30_1.083:YiddishNet Index to date0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:53:01 -0500436_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ===================================================== February 27, 1996 Volume 1.083



Subject: YiddishNet Index to date- Sep. 14, 1995 - February 21, 1996



Note: I am sending a whole month's worth of postings in one fell swoop because I have been too busy to post much until now and will be too busy for the rest of February to send anything else. [...] 608 31 49_1.084:From Mendele - New Yiddish story collection0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:53:39 -0500747_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ===================================================== February 27, 1996 Volume 1.084

Subject: From Mendele - New Yiddish story collection



Mon, 13 Nov 1995 21:10:42 -0500 From: bessk@aol.com Subject: New Yiddish story collection

The Sholom Aleichem Club (Phila.) and the Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations (CSJO) are pleased to announce the publication of _New Yorkish and Other American Yiddish Stories_, a new collection of 20 stories translated from the Yiddish by Max Rosenfeld, with an introduction by Dr. Sanford Pinsker, Shadek Professor of Humanities at Franklin & Marshall College. These stories originally appeared in literary journals in the [...] 640 54 66_1.085:Research Project: JEWISH LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1960'S0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:53:07 -0500604_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ===================================================== February 27, 1996 Volume 1.085

Subject: Eli Lederhendler's Research Project: JEWISH LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1960'S



For those who don't know Eli, his family was one of the enthusiastic Yiddishist families living around Bainbridge Avenue Yiddish circle in the Bronx. This should be an interesting book for those interested in the Yiddish world as well as a very worthwhile project to contribute to. Eli of course speaks Yiddish fluently so write to him in Yiddish. [...] 695 286 57_1.087:Subject: From Jewish-Studies - Academic Fellowships0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:53:17 -0500712_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ==================================================== February 27, 1996 Volume 1.087



Subject: From Jewish-Studies - Academic Fellowships





Fellowships in the field of Eastern European Jewish history, culture, migration, literature, language, Holocaust, etc. listed in H-Net & Jewish-Studies:



1) The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies - several fellowships 2) The Hazel D. Cole Fellowship in Jewish Studies 3) NEH Summer Seminar at Binghamton University on the subject "Ethnicity, Race, and Gender in U.S. Labor History." 4) Center For Jewish Studies, University of Pennsylvania: Post Doctoral [...] 982 54 68_1.086:REVISED CALL FOR PAPERS - The Ninth Annual Klutznick Symposium0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:53:38 -0500541_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ===================================================== February 27, 1996 Volume 1.086

Subject: REVISED CALL FOR PAPERS - The Ninth Annual Klutznick Symposium: October 27 & 28, 1996 Yiddish Language and Culture: Then and Now







From: MaryEllen Read Subject: CFP: Klutznick Symposium: Yiddish

REVISED CALL FOR PAPERS The Ninth Annual Klutznick Symposium: October 27 & 28, 1996 Yiddish Language and Culture: Then and Now [...] 1037 60 54_1.088:From Mendele: Join the Yiddish Research Network!0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:53:23 -0500588_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ===================================================== February 27, 1996 Volume 1.088

Subject: From Mendele: Join the Yiddish Research Network!







Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 09:47:42 -0500 (CDT) From: levineu@uthscsa.edu Subject: Join the Yiddish Research Network!

the yiddish research network - di yidish-forshnets department of germanic languages - e.p. schoch 3.102 the university of texas at austin austin, texas 78712 usa tel: 512-471-4123 fax: 512-471-4025 e-mail: levineu@uthscsa.edu [...] 1098 163 59_1.089:From Jewish-Studies: various announcements & calls II0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:53:27 -0500414_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ==================================================== February 27, 1996 Volume 1.089

Subject: From Jewish-Studies: Notices and announcements II

1) Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies 2) Birobidzhan project and American Jews 3) Holocaust guide 4) Wiesel on Rabin (Berger) 5) Jewish Women's Anthology 6) NYU in Cracow Summer Program [...] 1262 122 48_1.090:Yiddish manuscripts in the British Library0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:53:32 -0500541_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ===================================================== February 27, 1996 Volume 1.090



Subject: Yiddish manuscripts in the British Library



Date: Tue Jan 23, 1996 10:42 pm EST From: Daniel Ajzen ( 73741.2431@compuserve.com) Subject: Yiddish manuscripts in the British Library



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From: Nomi Levy, INTERNET:sdhds@sierra.net To: Daniel Ajzen, 73741,2431 Date: Mon, Jan 22, 1996, 10:55 AM [...] 1385 337 59_1.091:From Jewish-Studies: Upcoming Conferences 1996 Part 10_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:53:41 -0500520_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ========================================= February 27, 1996 Volume 1.091



Subject: From Jewish-Studies: Upcoming Conferences 1996 Part 1



1) History and Memory 2) Oral History, Memory, and the Sense of Place 3) Second Annual Western Jewish Studies Conference 4) Perspectives on Holocaust Studies: an interdisciplinary conference 5) Conference on Jewish Studies in Canada 6) Ethics After the Holocaust: An Intersciplinary Conference [...] 1723 178 55_1.092:From Jewish Studies - Upcoming Conferences Part 20_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:54:40 -0500563_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ==================================================== February 27, 1996 Volume 1.092

Sujbect: From Jewish Studies - Upcoming Conferences 1966 Part 2



1) CJHS Annual Conference on the Jewish experience in small Canadian communities 2) 1996 Graduate History Conference on Southern United States history. 3) North American Religions Section 4) SSHA Migration/Immigration Network 5) Memory and Re-Telling of Working Class Lives: Eighteenth Annual North American Labor History Conference [...] 1902 74 75_1.094:Exhibition -"Witness and Legacy: Contemprary Art About the Holocaust"0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:54:46 -0500436_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ===================================================== February 27, 1996 Volume 1.094

Subject: Opening of "Witness and Legacy: Contemprary Art About the Holocaust," in Los Angeles





This message contains information of relevance to members of the Second Generation in Southern California. This show is coordinated with the Martyr's Memorial Museum. [...] 1977 44 64_1.093:A new CD & cassette recording of Klezmer and Yiddish music0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:53:50 -0500743_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ==================================================== February 27, 1996 Volume 1.093



Subject: A new CD & cassette recording of Klezmer and Yiddish music





Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 13:58:32 -0500 From: rhoda@saturn.net

Announcing the release of a new CD and cassette recording of Klezmer and Yiddish music:

"Klezamir Cooks for Tante Barbara" a new recording by KLEZAMIR, a klezmer band based in Northampton, MA. This new recording features traditional klezmer music, Yiddish theatre favorites and Yiddish folksongs, all in KLEZAMIR's wonderful "backbeat Klezmer" style. With freshness, groove, and vitality, this recording really rocks!! [...] 2022 125 37_1.095:Film: "Shtetl - A Journey Home"0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:53:51 -0500722_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ==================================================== February 27, 1996 Volume 1.095



Subject: Film: "Shtetl - A Journey Home"





Date: Fri Feb 16, 1996 12:46 pm EST From: Allen Edel (Allen_Edel@macnexus.org)





Last night,in conjunction with Chabad I sponsored a screening here in Sacramento of "Shtetl: A Journey Home" here in Sacramento. This is a 3 hour documentary film by Emmy award winning filmmaker Marian Marzynski. The typical shtetl (3000 Jews in 1939, 30 total survivors) examined in this movie is Bransk, Poland where my mother is from. A montage of her photographs of her dead family closes the [...] 2148 63 63_1.096:Developing Discourse Awareness in Cross-cultural Contexts0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:54:36 -0500957_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ==================================================== February 27, 1996 Volume 1.096



Subject: From Linguist - Polish Conference :Developing Discourse Awareness in Cross-cultural Contexts



-------------------------------------------------------------------- [It would be interesting to hear about Yiddish influences and comparisons.]





Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 15:49:54 +0700 From: DUSZAK%PLEARN.BITNET@PLEARN.EDU.PL (duszak) Subject: discourse.conf

Final call for papers conference: DEVELOPING DISCOURSE-AWARENESS in CROSS-CULTURAL CONTExTS Popowo near WARSAW, POLAND, May 9-11th, 1996 The conference addresses issues in cross-cultural communication and applied discourse analysis. The following themes are suggested: - discourse skills and cultural competence; - acquisition and development of discourse skills; - cross-cultural variation in [...] 2212 41 39_1.098:Ellen Rifkin's article in Bridges0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:54:38 -0500627_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ========================================= February 27, 1996 Volume 1.098

Subject: Rifkin's "Fun di oysyes koyekh shepn/Drawing Strength from the Letters" in Bridges







The new issue of the feminist journal Bridges with the special section, "Jewish Women on Land" was recently sent out in January. One interesting article there is Ellen Rifkin's "Fun di oysyes koyekh shepn/Drawing Strength from the Letters" which is about her love of Yiddish and contains one section in which she contrasts her experiences with Yiddish and Hebrew. [...] 2254 269 50_1.097:From Folklore: Call for Papers & Conferences0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:54:08 -0500825_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ========================================= February 27, 1996 Volume 1.097

Subject: From Folklore: Call for Papers & Conferences



1) "Migration, Immigration, Where Cultures Meet," 2) Anthology tentatively entitled "`Bad' Mothers in America" 3) Fourteenth International Perspectives on Contemporary Legend Conference 4) Crossroads in Cultural Studies

------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Call for Papers: "Migration, Immigration, Where Cultures Meet," will be the theme for the annual meeting of the Middle Atlantic Folklife Association to be held in Wheaton Village, New Jersey on May 3-4, 1996. For further information on meeting plans or regarding submission of paper proposals, contact Jack Shortlidge, [...] 2524 66 68_1.099:nayer lernbukh far onheybers :: new book for Yiddish beginners0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:54:14 -0500438_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ========================================= February 27, 1996 Volume 1.099

Subject: nayer lernbukh far onheybers :: new book for Yiddish beginners





From: leybl@telecomm.tadiran.co.il (Leybl Botwinik (1388)) Date: 96-02-21 08:29:15 EST

me redt letstns vegn der matsev fun yidish, un oykh vegn yidish bay di khsidim. hob ikh far aykh gute nayes. [...] 2591 21 38_1.100:Alana's Klezmer and Culture Hour0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Tue, 27 Feb 1996 23:54:16 -0500425_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ========================================= February 27, 1996 Volume 1.100

Subject: Alana's Klezmer and Culture Hour

Sender: the Cheshire Cat Subject: Re: YiddishNet update

I wanted to let the list know that Alana's Klezmer and Culture Hour, on WMUC-FM, 88.1 College Park, MD, is now at a new time: 5-6 pm Sunday evenings. [...] 2613 32 21_1.101:L'koved friling0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Wed, 28 Feb 1996 08:59:48 -0500693_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ========================================= February 28, 1996 Volume 1.101

Subject: L'koved friling





Date: 96-02-13 10:52:57 EST From: misaacs@wam.umd.edu (miriam isaacs)



Mir hobn vider ongehoybn zikh trefn in Maryland universitetyedn Montig, mitog, redn Yidish, lakhn a bisl, un zikh vider bakenen mit unzer shprakh. Mir trefn zikh its in South Campus Dining Hall- ven ir kimt arayn darft ir geyt rekhts un aroyf etlikhe trep, adurkh a tir- vet ir uns zehn. Mir hobn shoyn mer vi a minyen. Alle vos kenen redn Yidish zenen farbetn. Brengt mit interesante artiklen un vos ir vilt oyn Yidish [...] 2646 89 32_1.102:Various events and notices0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Thu, 29 Feb 1996 07:14:51 -0500699_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ========================================= February 28, 1996 Volume 1.102

Subject: Various events and notices





SPRING TOUR: The Workmen's Circle's Travel Program sponsors a trip to Israel with a focus on Yiddish language and culture. May 25-June 9. Contact Janet Liebowitz. (212-889-6800 ext. 271)

SUMMER SCHOOL: Applications for the Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture, a six-week summer program at Columbia University, are available at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 555 W. 57th St., suite 1100, N.Y.; March 28 deadline for scholarship applications. (212-235-6080) [...] 2736 165 38_1.103:Past events I didn't get to post0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Thu, 29 Feb 1996 07:16:00 -0500694_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ========================================= February 28, 1996 Volume 1.103

Subject: Past events I didn't get to post, but which are still interesting to know about







ADVERTISING WOMEN: Shulamith Berger lectures on "The Making of the American Baleboste & Images of Women in Ads in the Press of the 1920s and 1930s," sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society of New York. Ms. Berger discusses the idealized images of American Jewish women presented by advertisements as opposed to the European immigrants who read them. Central Synagogue's Schwartz Auditorium, 128 E. 55th St., N.Y.; Jan. 21, 2 p.m.; [...] 2902 41 46_1.105:Writing and Art by Jewish Women Under 300_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Thu, 29 Feb 1996 07:15:09 -0500549_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ========================================= February 28, 1996 Volume 1.105

Subject: Writing and Art by Jewish Women Under 30





Subj: For Yiddishnet Date: 96-02-07 14:21:03 EST From: Ruvn To: Reyzl

Could you post the following announcment to folks who may be interested in submitting? I hope you are familiar with Bridges, but in case not, in most issues we publish Yiddish with English translation. Would love to have some new stuff in the under 30 issue. [...] 2944 70 20_1.104:PROJECT KESHER0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Thu, 29 Feb 1996 07:15:07 -0500633_- YiddishNet - the Yiddish News and Announcements List ========================================= February 28, 1996 Volume 1.104

Subject: Some more on Project Kesher

Here is a letter from Karyn Gershon of Project Kesher I am sharing with everyone. People who have participated in Project Kesher trips to Eastern Europe have found it a most fulfilling experience. BTW: It's interesting and painful to find out from the director of the film "Sharing the Light" who is a friend of ours, that there was much Yiddish singing at the conference, but she did not include that footage in the film. I haven't gotten a chance [...] 3015 107 24_the YiddishNet info file0_13_Reyzl@aol.com31_Thu, 29 Feb 1996 07:15:29 -0500492_- FYI: Since the very beginning of YiddishNet, I have been too busy learning the technical system or dealing with archival or listproc problems or trying to get the overworked volunteers at Shamash to deal with the technical problems to ever advertise YiddishNet. Here finally is an info file describing this list. Please send it around to people you think or groups who might be interested in subscribing or posting. Also, send me whatever comments or criticism you would like to make. [...]