Zelda Newman will talk about <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/anglobeersheba/conversations/topics/48172;_ylc=X3oDMTJzaThzMjQ4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzEyMDM2MDU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTE3MTQ3OARtc2dJZAM0ODE3MgRzZWMDZG1zZwRzbGsDdm1zZwRzdGltZQMxNDg0MzAzMTMy>*The Thirteenth Hour <http://mayapplepress.com/the-thirteenth-hour-rivka-basman-ben-haim-translated-by-zelda-kahan-newman/> *-- an unusual title, an unusual book -- in Beer Sheva. *The Thirteenth Hour <http://mayapplepress.com/the-thirteenth-hour-rivka-basman-ben-haim-translated-by-zelda-kahan-newman/>* -- an Unusual Title, an Unusual Book -- Tuesday, 17 January at 6.30 pm at the AACI South library in Beer Sheva.
Zelda Kahan Newman <https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/zeldakahannewman/> will talk about the dual language (Yiddish - English) book, how it came about, who the poet is, how she got to know her, and what it was like to tour with the book in the US. *The Thirteenth Hour* by Rivka Basman Ben-Haim <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/basman-ben-hayim-rivka>, translated from the Yiddish by Zelda Kahan Newman. Original Yiddish poems are presented with their English translation on the facing page. Author Rivka Basman Ben-Haim was 14 when the Nazis took over her town, and 18 when WWII ended. She began composing Yiddish poems in the Vilna ghetto, and at 90 years, she is still writing poetry. She has won every award known to the world of Yiddish writers. Translator Zelda Kahan Newman formerly held the post of Judaic Studies at Lehman College / CUNY. She is a linguist whose specialty is Yiddish, the language and its culture. For more than two decades, she has translated the Yiddish poetry of the Israeli poet Rivka Basman Ben-Haim. She presently lives in Beer Sheva and in the past has taught at the university there. For more information go to: http://mayapplepress.com/the-thirteenth-hour-rivka-basman-ben-haim-translated-by-zelda-kahan-newman/
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