MENDELE Yiddish Language and Literature Personal Notices and Announcements
Feb. 20, 2009 To minimize wear and tear on the untershames, three requests: 1. Send time-sensitive notices well in advance. 2. Send material as plain text: no HTML, other coding, or attachments. 3. Correspond directly with the person who or organization which has posted the notice, *not* with your ever-beleaguered untershames. ______________________________________________________________________ NAYER NUMER AFN SHVEL: BIROBIDZHAN A MOL UN HAYNT A Yidish-zhurnal nit a langn yikhes un a nayem gayst! Di Yidish-Lige lozt visn az der numer 342-343 funem zhurnal AFN SHVEL iz aroys fun druk. Der unikaler numer, "Birobidzhan – A mol un haynt", ibergegebn der yidisher oytonomer gegnt in Rusland, iz koylel 64 zaytn. Tsvishn andern vet ir do kenen leyenen a perzenlekhe bashraybung fun emetsn vos iz ersht nisht lang dortn geven, oytentishe briv fun Birobidzhan fun di 1930er yorn, un naye beletristik. Dertsu zaynen do artiklen vegn Yidishe shraybers un poezye say fun hayntike, say fun klasishe yidishe poetn. Ir kent zen dem toykhn vi oykh a muster-artikl af undzer vebzaytl: http://leagueforyiddish.org/issue342343.html TOYKHN: – Birebidzhan? Birobidzhan? – Mordkhe Shekhter un Sheve Tsuker – A farkerte velt – Birobidzhan fun der noent: ayndrukn fun a nesiye in der yidisher oytonomer gegnt, zumer 2007 – Sheve Tsuker – Briv fun Birobidzhan, 1935-1937 – Luis Svarez – Hoyinu kekhoylmim (dertseylung) – Ber Boris Kotlerman – FUN UNDZERE BIKHER-POLITSES: Tsvey mol fun fayer aroys: a bibliotek un a gnize in Birobidzhan – Sheve Tsuker – Di anishinaber khsidim (dertseylung) – Rakhm iel Vitkuf un Bassheve Kipnis – "Nor dos lid iz mir eygn": Tsum 25stn yortsayt fun Rokhl Korn – Yitskhok Shaye Levitan – MIR GEDENKEN - Eliezer Frekel, Z"l – Yakov Shekhter – POEZYE – Fir a togbikhl – Beyle Shekhter-Gotesman – ONGEKUMEN IN REDAKTSYE - Proze un poezye fun Ana Margolin, Perets Markish, Merl (Malke) Bakhman, Aleksander Shpiglblat, Yankev Groper, un Moyshe Shklyar VEGN AFN SHVEL: AFN SHVEL vert aroysgegebn fun der Yidish-Lige. Es kumen aroys 3 numern a yor. Der zhurnal iz shoyn 67 yor alt. Af di zaytn fun AFN SHVEL vet ir gefinen: - artiklen fun Yidish-kultureln, literarishn, lingvistishn, un koolshn interes, - zeyer a modernem, estetishn format mit bilder, ilustratsyes un a kolirte hile - breyte glosarn (af English un af Yidish) vos baleytn etlekhe artiklen kedey tsutsuhelfn dem nayern leyener. DOS ABONIRN ZIKH kost nor $42 ($21 far studentn, $60 far institutsyes). An eyntsl-numer kost $15. Shikt ayer tshek, oysgeshtelt tsu: League for Yiddish, Inc. af dem adres: League for Yiddish, Inc. 64 Fulton St., Suite 1101 New York, NY 10038 Zayt azoy gut un shikt undz ayer nomen, say af der landshprakh say af Yidish, adres, telefon, vi oykh ayer blitsadres. Ir kent zikh oykh a bonirn mit a kredit-kartl oder durkh paypal.com af undzer vebzaytl: www.leagueforyiddish.org. Oyb ir hot frages, farbindt zikh mit undz durkh blitspost: [email protected] oder klingt on in byuro: 212-889-0380. Ven ir abonirt zikh vert ir oytomatish a mitglid fun der Yidish-Lige. Nokh informatsye vegn AFN SHVEL un der Yidish-Lige kent ir gefinen af undzer vebzaytl: www.leagueforyiddish.org NEW ISSUE OF AFN SHVEL A Yiddish Magazine for the 21st Century The League for Yiddish is pleased to announce that issue number 342-343 of its magazine Afn Shvel is now available. This issue, devoted to Birobidzhan, the Jewish Autonomous Region in Russia, contains 64 pages and features a first-hand account of a recent trip there, authentic letters from Birobidzhan from the 1930s, and new fiction. In addition, you can read articles about Yiddish writers as well as poetry by both comtemporary and classic Yiddish poets. You can view the table of contents as well as a sample article at our website: http://leagueforyiddish.org/issue342343.html Table of Contents – Birebidzhan? Birobidzhan? by Mordkhe Schaechter and Sheva Zucker – The Upside-down World of Birobidzhan: Impressions of a Trip to the Jewish Autonomous Region of Russia, Summer 2007 - by Sheva Zucker – Letters from Birobidzhan, 1935-1937 - by Louis Suarez – We Were as Dreamers (fiction) - by Boris Kotlerman 8 0 ABOUT BOOKS: Twice out of the Fire: A Library and a Genizah in Birobidzhan - by Sheva Zucker – The Anishinaber Hasidim (fiction) - by Ralph Wittcoff and Bertha Kipnis – "Only the Song is My Own": On the 25th Anniversary of the Death of Poet Rachel H. Korn - by Seymour Levitan – WE REMEMBER – Eliezer Frenkel, Z"L: Educator, Literary Scholar, Poet, Territorialist - by Yakov Shechter – "Keep a Diary" - poem by Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman – BOOKS RECEIVED: Poetry and Prose by Yechiel Shraibman, Peretz Markish, Anna Margolin, Merle Bachman, Alexander Shpiglblatt, and Yankev Groper About Afn Shvel Afn Shvel, now in its 67th year, is the organ of the League for Yiddish. We publish 3 issues a year. The magazine: – features articles of Yiddish cultural, literary, linguistic, and communal interest – has a beautiful, modern layout, a multi-colored cover and high-resolution photos – offers several articles accompanied by extensive glossaries to help newer readers. The price of a subscription is $42 ($21for students, $60 for institutions). A single issue costs $15. To subscribe, send credit card details or a check made out to League for Yiddish, Inc., to: League for Yiddish, Inc., 64 Fulton St., Suite 1101, New York, NY 10038. Please send us your name in both Yiddish and English or the language of your country, address and telephone number. Please be sure to include your email address. You may also subscribe online with a credit card or paypal.com at our website: www.leagueforyiddish.org. For questions, please contact us at [email protected] or call us at 212-889-0380. Subscribing automatically makes you a member of the League for Yiddish. VOS ME ZOGT VEGN DEM NUMER: WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS ISSUE: A yasher-koyekh. Der birobidzhaner numer iz azoy gut, sheyn un raykh az kh'ken poshet nit gefinen di pasike loybverter. Elye Palevski, Saynt-Ogustin, Floride Ongekumen der Birobidzhan-numer Afn Shvel. Ikh hob ersht itst zikh genumen leyenen ober ikh ze shoyn az, punkt vi in di freirdike numern un efsher nokh mer, vet es zayn interesant un balerndik un – poshet ayngenem. Yitskhok Niborski, Medem-Bibliotek, Pariz Vunderlekher numer Afn Shvel. Shie Fogel, Toronter Universitet, Toronte What an outstanding issue! It's not only handsome, it's interesting! Ruth Dropkin, Brooklyn TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT AFN SHVEL AND THE LEAGUE FOR YIDDISH, VISIT US AT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.LEAGUEFORYIDDISH.ORG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please do not use the "reply" key when writing to Mendele. 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