This Fall I am MLIS courses in storytelling and cataloging. Tonight we had an overview of the history of storytelling. I was surprised to hear that there is no history of Jewish storytelling, which surprised because I thought there was. I mean, at least the Chasidim told/tell stories. We talked about the Egyptians, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Indians and the Chinese - but what happened to us? How about the Middle Ages?
Last night I had a class in cataloging, and again, we went over the history of it. No Jews again. I find it hard to beleive that we never catalogued our writings. So, my question again is: don't we have a history of storytelling? Or cataloguing? Could you direct me to a source so that I bring a little yiddishkeit to the University of North Carolina? Thank you! Janet Gross Charlotte, NC PS. Some of you might remember a year ago, I was taking a class on children's literature towards my MLIS degree. This list helped me get information to my professor re. Jewish folktales predating the collections of Perrault. I did get an A in the course, by the way, despite being such a nudge. =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
