[ha-Safran] FS: New blog posts - 19th Cent. Translations into Hebrew and Mandate Era British Annual Reports

We have two new posts on the hollander books blog. The first features two nineteenth century translations into Hebrew. One hebraizes Kalilah and Dimnah which in turn Farsi-izes The Indian Fables of Bidpai. The other is a re-editing of a sixteenth century pseudo-Dantean long poem in Hebrew.

[ha-Safran] Transliteration question

Dear Safranim Can anyone give me an advise concerning the transliteration of the Hebrew „י“? The rules say, it is to be transliterated as „y”, since it is a consonant. But there are so many cases, where the consonant is followed by the vowel „i“. And there is also the case of the double „יי“.

Re: [ha-Safran] Aesop in Yiddish ! Rare! Free!

Never imagined Aesop would be so popular… I got many requests and will fulfill them by the order they were received. Thanks, Uri From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Kolodney, Uri Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 4:31

[ha-Safran] All of a Kind Family books to be reprinted

I was delighted to read in Tablet just now that the All-of-a-Kind series will be reissued by Lizzie Skurnick Books

[ha-Safran] Photos of the Jerualem Day Flag March

Hi Everyone! Today, May 28, I took photos of the Jerusalem Day Flag March. I posted them online at: http://www.history-of-israel.co.il/jerusalem/2014/jer379.htm Enjoy the photos! Have a good night, Jacob __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are