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Dear safranim, I'm helping Rabbi Bernard Melhman, Rabbi Emeritas, Temple Israel, Boston, with these questions, below. Any leads would be appreciated. I also posted to H-Judaic. Thanks! Ann Abrams, Librarian Temple Israel 477 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02215 617-566-3960 x116 [email protected] www.tisrael.org Check out our new online catalog! http://library.tisrael.org FROM RABBI MEHLMAN: Martin Buber made a trip to Europe in the spring of 1947 to speak in approximately 60 places in Europe. Among them (and most important to our work) was his participation in the Woodbrookers Conference held in Bentveld in the Netherlands in April 1947. This is the offical name of the conference in Dutch with its English translation: Vereeniging Arbeidersgemeenschap der Woodbrookers (Union of Woodbrookers Collaborative) At that conference, he delivered, as lectures, (we think 2???), The Way of Man According to the Teaching of the Hasidim. We need whatever information about this conference you can find. CATEGORY I 1. Who invited him? (Any background to the invitation would help.) 2. How many lectures did Buber deliver at Benfeld? 3. Was there a printed program of the proceedings of the conference? [If yes, could we get a photocopy or a link?] 4. Anything pertaining to the background of this conference would be immeasurably helpful to us. CATEGORY II Who translated The Way of Man According to the Teaching of the Hasidim into English from German in 1950? Maurice Friedman did not translate it. I have that in a written note from him. Furthermore, he does not know who did the translation. CATEGORY III Buber's 1947 lecture tour covered six European countries: Holland, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, France. and England. The average number of presentations in each country would be ca. 10. In April 1947, there would have been virtually zero Jews; let alone Jewish-oriented organizations, in four of these six countries (England and Sweden were the exception). Hence, the host organizations for Buber's lectures would have to have been academic (best guess: Departments of Religion, Sociology or Anthropology of the several Universities in these countries), or else, liberal/progressive church groups such as the English Quaker-associated Woodbrookers in Holland. Are there any records, announcements, programs, reports, or reviews, pertaining to Buber's visits and lectures, to be found in the archives of the various universities in these six countries? The lecture tour was made during April, May, and June of 1947. There is also some evidence that the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where M. Buber had the appointment of Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, either sponsored his lecture tour or at least assisted with making contacts, and perhaps helped with travel arrangements. (Buber's personal correspondence indicates that his wife Paula and their daughter traveled with him). Finally, the archive of the Buber Literary Estate, housed in the Library of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is likely to have related information. --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
