[ha-Safran] Poetry Readings in Greater Boston Area, (5/2-5/3/2014)

2014-04-14 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Dear Friends, I will be giving a series of poetry readings in the greater Boston area. Thanks for spreading the word. I hope to see you there! Best wishes, Ahron www.yataub.net == Friday, May 2, 2014 11:00 a.m. Poetry reading and

[ha-Safran] New CD of Yiddish Music

2014-09-12 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub Title: *Tsugreytndik zikh tsu tantsn - naye Yidishe lider* *Preparing to Dance - New Yiddish Songs* Performers: Malerai - Goldstein - Masecki Composer: Michał Górczyński Poet: Yermiyahu Ahron Taub Publisher: Multikulti Project (Poznan, Poland) Series: Tikkun Series

[ha-Safran] New AJL Jewish Fiction Award

2017-01-25 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Dear Yossi, Can you post the press release below and the attached Submissions Guidelines on ha-Safran? Thanks so much, A *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* January 2017 *CONTACT:* Yermiyahu Ahron Taub ajljewishfictionaw...@gmail.com

[ha-Safran] The Education of a Daffodil: Prose Poems

2017-01-25 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
s together to create striking narrative tales of trauma, loss, displacement, sexuality, and xenophobia. Imagine a Yiddish bard from centuries past who creates scenes that mark his place in this post-modern world: that is Yermiyahu Ahron Taub. This courageous collection, which offers flickers of Lucil

[ha-Safran] Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories by Blume Lempel

2016-11-17 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Dear Safranim, I am delighted to announce the publication of *Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories* by Blume Lempel and translated from the Yiddish by Ellen Cassedy (www.ellencassedy.com) and me. The book is co-published by Mandel Vilar Press and Dryad Press and is available for purchase via

[ha-Safran] Barbara Goldberg Program, April 30, 2017 (Please Save the Date)

2017-01-13 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Dear Friends, Please find below an announcement for an upcoming event with poet and translator Barbara Goldberg co-sponsored by Association of Jewish Libraries/Capital Area Chapter (AJL/CAC) and Israel House. Very special thanks to our speaker Barbara Goldberg, our host Gail Shirazi, and to our

[ha-Safran] REMINDER: Kabbalat Shabat: (The Grand Unification), Sunday, 10/22/2017

2017-10-10 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Dear Friends, I am writing to remind you about the upcoming *Sunday, October 22, 2017* Association of Jewish Libraries/Capital Area Chapter (AJL/CAC) program entitled “Kabbalat Shabbat: the Grand Unification: Unifying the Spiritual Soul and the Scientific Mind Through the Illuminated

[ha-Safran] A Mouse Among Tottering Skyscrapers: Selected Yiddish Poems

2017-11-19 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Dear Friends, I am pleased to let you know about the publication of my sixth book of poetry, *A moyz tsvishn vakldike volkn-kratsers: geklibene Yidishe lider/A Mouse Among Tottering Skyscrapers: Selected Yiddish Poems* (Tel Aviv: Bibliotek fun der haynttsaytiker Yidisher literatur/Library of

[ha-Safran] Prodigal Children in the House of G-d: Stories

2018-04-29 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
America, Taub's characters are on quests that stretch over lifetimes and are riveting to watch. —Evan Fallenberg, author of *The Parting Gift* Not all poets can also write prose, but Yermiyahu Ahron Taub certainly can. In a mere dozen pages or so, his story “Lettering and the Art of Living

[ha-Safran] Final Reminder: Kabbalat Shabat (The Grand Unification), Sunday, 10/22/2017

2017-10-19 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Dear Friends, Just a final reminder. The Association of Jewish Libraries/Capital Area Chapter (AJL/CAC) program entitled “Kabbalat Shabbat: the Grand Unification: Unifying the Spiritual Soul and the Scientific Mind Through the Illuminated Manuscript” with artist and author Debra Band will take

[ha-Safran] AJL Jewish Fiction Award Committee is Seeking Two New Members

2019-02-25 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub via Hasafran
Dear Colleagues, The AJL Jewish Fiction Award Committee is seeking two new members. This is an exciting opportunity to immerse yourself in the vibrant field of contemporary Jewish fiction; to connect with and learn from a group of wise and committed colleagues; and to honor outstanding writers.

[ha-Safran] 2019 AJL Jewish Fiction Award

2019-02-11 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub via Hasafran
Wyman of Dan Wyman Books for underwriting this award and to the AJL Council for their support. And many thanks to all of the Committee members for their insights and hard work throughout the process. All my best, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, Chairperson on behalf of the AJL Jewish Fiction Award Committee

[ha-Safran] Please Save the Date: Lecture by Jennifer Breger, Sunday, 9/22/2019, 10 AM-NOON

2019-06-03 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub via Hasafran
Dear All, The next Association of Jewish Libraries/Capital Area Chapter (AJL/CAC) program will be a lecture by Jennifer Breger from *10 AM until noon on Sunday, September 22, 2019 *at Beth Sholom Congregation, 11825 Seven Locks Road, Potomac, Maryland 20854. Please see below for more information

[ha-Safran] Seeking Contact Information for the Heirs of S.Y. Agnon, Sol Liptzin, and Berl Kagan

2019-09-29 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub via Hasafran
Dear Friends, Does anyone have any contact information for the heirs of the Estates of S.Y. Agnon, Sol Liptzin, and Berl Kagan (Kohen)? I've found on Wikipedia that the children of Agnon are Emuna Yaron and Shalom Agnon. The heirs of Liptzin are Velva L. Lynfield and Karen Sitton. I have not

[ha-Safran] Upcoming Book Signing at the USHMM by Sydelle Pearl

2019-10-16 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub via Hasafran
I am posting the announcement below on behalf of the author. Please direct all queries to the author at the e-mail address in the announcement. === Author Sydelle Pearl will be doing a book signing for her award-winning novel,* Wordwings*, at

[ha-Safran] Beloved Comrades: a Novel in Stories

2020-05-19 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub via Hasafran
. Advance Praise for *Beloved Comrades* Yermiyahu Ahron Taub offers readers the quiet attraction of dedicated devotion even as it comes at the expense of the self. Self-control and self-denial are not contemporary values, and yet, in a world where ascetic life is almost unknown, the characters in Taub’s

[ha-Safran] May God Avenge Their Blood: a Holocaust Memoir Triptych

2020-06-10 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub via Hasafran
best, Yermiyahu Ahron www.yataub.net Bryks, Rachmil. Trans. from the Yiddish by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub ; afterwords by Bella Bryks-Klein and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub. *May God Avenge Their Blood: a Holocaust Memoir Triptych*. Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London: Lexington Books, an imprint of Ro

[ha-Safran] Sad News

2021-06-04 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub via Hasafran
Dear All, Please see below the notice of the passing of the longtime Librarian at Congregation Har Shalom (Potomac, Md.) and AJL/CAC member, Carol Blum Witt. May her memory be for a blessing. Thank you to Michlean Amir for bringing this to our attention. All my best, Yermiyahu Ahron

[ha-Safran] Please Save the Date for an AJL/CAC Program: Sunday, October 10, 2021

2021-07-10 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub via Hasafran
Gerstein, Rebecca Levitan, and Gail Shirazi! We look forward to seeing you there! All my best, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub AJL/CAC President === Title of Program: Esther and the Threshold Moment: A Study of Art and Text Speaker: Dr. Erica Brown

[ha-Safran] Dineh: an Autobiographical Novel by Ida Maze

2022-04-05 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub via Hasafran
nslated from the Yiddish and with an afterword by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub. Introduction by Emma Garman. Amherst, Massachusetts: White Goat Press, 2022. 289 pages. Paperback edition ISBN: 978-1-734872-9-2; Hardcover edition ISBN: 978-8-9852069-0-6; Ebook edition ISBN: 978-8-9852069-1-3. *Synop

[ha-Safran] Blessed Hands: Stories by Frume Halpern

2023-10-12 Thread Yermiyahu Ahron Taub via Hasafran
nds: Stories*. Translated from the Yiddish by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub; foreword by Isaac Elchanan Ranch; afterword by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub. Philadelphia: Frayed Edge Press, 2023. ISBN 9781642510492 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781642510515 (ebook) *Advance Praise for Blessed Ha